(ぞうさん)

ぞうさん
noun, suru verb
increased production, production increase
1. increased production, production increase, ramping up production
Increasing the quantity of goods manufactured or produced. Used in manufacturing, agriculture, and energy contexts.
ワクチンの増産(ぞうさん)(いそ)ぐ。
To rush to increase vaccine production.
需要(じゅよう)(おう)じて増産(ぞうさん)体制(たいせい)(はい)った。
In response to demand, they shifted to a production increase system.
工場(こうじょう)(あら)たに建設(けんせつ)して、年間(ねんかん)生産量(せいさんりょう)二倍(にばい)増産(ぞうさん)する計画(けいかく)だ。
The plan is to build a new factory and double annual production.

USAGE:
Common in news about manufacturing, agriculture, and industry. Often appears alongside 減産(げんさん) (production decrease) as its antonym.

CONTRAST:

  • 増産(ぞうさん): production increase
  • 減産(げんさん): production decrease, production cut

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 増産(ぞうさん)体制(たいせい): production increase system
  • 増産(ぞうさん)(はか)る: to seek to increase production
  • 増産(ぞうさん)()()る: to decide to increase production