Mizumashi

水増し (Mizumashi) is a Japanese noun meaning “dilution, watering down, inflation (of budget, claim, etc.), padding”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdilution; watering down
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding

Examples

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

  • I suspect they water down the beer in that pub.

  • If your essay is on the short side, you can always pad it out with a few quotations.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 水増し

waterincrease

Related words

to increasewater (esp. cool or cold)to increaseto increaseincreasinglybetterspout(water-filled) paddy fieldbathing suitaquarium (building)perfumewatermelon (Citrullus lanatus)