How to express change in “quantities” in Japanese?
For example;
The figures have increased/decreased over the past 2 years
The number of COVID-19 patients have increased/decreased recently
Is there a one-fit-all word?
Likewise, how to express quantifiers like “Doubled” , “Tripled” ,”Halved”. Google says O倍になった, but also 倍増 for “doubled”>
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減少、増加、増える、減る、上がる、下がる and a lot more. Read some NHK news to get an idea of what is used when.
couple I found recently to add to any other list
激増 sharp increase
倍額 double amount
半額 half the amount