VocabJLPT N1
increase
な-AdjectiveNounSuffix

Definitions

  1. 1. better
  2. 2. preferable
  3. 3. more
  4. 4. increase
This noun and suffix expresses an increase or the idea of being better or more than something else. It is often used in comparisons to indicate that one thing is superior or greater in some way, or simply that a quantity has grown.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

It's better to share early than to deal with conflict later.

Sentence 2

Wouldn't being more polite about it be better?

Sentence 3

If it tastes like this, frozen would be better, don't you think?

Sentence 4

Something closer to the truth is at least better than nothing.

Sentence 5

Don't you think snow is better than rain?