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Originally Posted by Maxful
Hi, could someone explain to me the differences between 増える and 上がる and also 減る and 下がる as "Increase, rise" and "Decrease, dip"? I find these verbs so similar til I am confused.
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I think 増える is more like an increase in amount or volume. Like it's one thing that accumulates. I often see 増える in conjunction with percentages, or population figures. Like, 最近、仕事がない卒業者は増えています。上がる is perhaps more like, physically moves upwards or moves -over- the top of something else. Like...エレベータで４１階まで上げました。