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水増し[みずまし] (mizumashi)

dilution; watering

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水増し (みずまし, mizumashi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “dilution; watering”.

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Example sentences 8

あの会社かいしゃは水増みずまし請求せいきゅうをしている

That company is padding their bills.

この酒は水増しされている.

This sake has been watered down [diluted].

彼は引用で論文を水増しした.

He padded out his essay with a lot of long quotes.

水増みずまし決算けっさんの噂うわさで株価かぶかは上あがりませんでした。

The stock got creamed when they got wind of the dilution.

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