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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
No, I think they are both intransitive. Maybe you're misreading the first as 増（ふ）やす rather than 増（ま）す? Because 増やす is transitive. 増す is not, as far as my book is concerned. Or, at least, maybe the latter can be transitive and intransitive. In Eijiro, it indicates masu as 【他動】, which means it is intransitive. But it also has 【自動】 examples as well. As an intransitive it means "to add," which is the meaning I'm curious about. As a transitive, it means "heighten/intensify/rise." But that's weird because "rise" is intransitive!
But thanks for the input!
Today has been very productive. My favorite new word is 系列子会社 (subsidiary company)!
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I checked my dictionary, and it actually has 増す （ます） as both transitive and intransitive... interesting.. it has an example sentence of 速度を増す and 彼女の怒りが増した。 Haha, I salute your desire to figure all this stuff out, but questions like these always just gave me headaches.. so I usually avoid them like the plague.