See also: 增强 and 增強

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぞう
Grade: 5
きょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
增強 (kyūjitai)

Noun edit

(ぞう)(きょう) (zōkyō

  1. strengthening, augmentation
    中国(ちゅうごく)軍事増強(ぐんじぞうきょう)周辺国(しゅうへんこく)にとって脅威(きょうい)だ。
    Chūgoku no gunji zōkyō wa shūhenkoku ni totte kyōi da.
    The Chinese military build-up is a threat to neighboring countries.

Verb edit

(ぞう)(きょう)する (zōkyō surusuru (stem (ぞう)(きょう) (zōkyō shi), past (ぞう)(きょう)した (zōkyō shita))

  1. reinforce (to strengthen by addition), increase

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.