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殖: increase

increase; breed
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Readings

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しょく: 繁殖(はんしょく) "breeding", 養殖(ようしょく) "fish farming", 増殖(ぞうしょく) "proliferation", 利殖(りしょく). 殖える(ふえる) "multiply".

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Key words

繁殖はんしょくbreeding; propagation
養殖ようしょくfarming (fish, pearls)
増殖ぞうしょくproliferation
殖えるふえるto increase; to multiply
利殖りしょくmoneymaking; investment

Example sentences

This eel was farmed in a nearby lake.

When spring comes, the frogs in the pond all start breeding at once.

The rats multiplied and the food in the warehouse was ravaged.

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