漸増

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 漸増 is read as ぜんぞう and means a gradual increase in number, amount, or level.
• Basic usage: It can describe user numbers rising steadily or an experimenter increasing temperature step by step.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A number rising gradually
  • 緩やかに漸増している means that the number of users has been increasing at a gentle rather than sudden pace. Example: 利用者の数は春から緩やかに漸増している。
• Causing a gradual increase
  • 温度を漸増させる means controlling the temperature so that it rises little by little. Example: 温度を漸増させながら材料の変化を観察した。