強まる vs 強める: Have You Been Correctly Using These?

強つよまる vs. 強つよめる: Have You Been Correctly Using These?

What is the difference between “強つよまる and 強つよめる”? Which do you use when the subjects are things? After reading this, you would be answering this question. Let me introduce what their subtle differences are and how you correctly use them such as native speakers today!

強つよまる (tsuyomaru)

Get stronger/Grow stronger / 逐渐变强 / 강화되다 / trở nên mạnh mẽ

“強つよまる” means “Get stronger” and which has been used as the meaning of “something gets stronger”. The basic way to use it is “___が強つよまる(___ gets stronger)”. For instance, “責任感せきにんかんが強つよまる。(A sense of responsibility gets stronger.)”, “風かぜが強つよまる。(The wind gets stronger.)”, etc.

Example

この傾向けいこうはさらに強つよまるんだって。 (I’ve heard that this trend will get stronger.) (听说这种趋势还会将进一步加强。) (이 경향은 더욱 강해질 거래.) (Nghe nói xu hướng này sẽ mạnh lên.)

責任感せきにんかんが強つよまってきたよ。 (My sense of responsibility is getting stronger.) (责任心变得更强了。) (책임감이 강해졌어.) (Tinh thần trách nhiệm đã cao lên rồi.)

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危機感ききかんが強つよまったよね。 (Our sense of danger got stronger, right?) (危机感增加了。) (위기감이 커졌어.) (Cảm giác nguy hiểm đã mạnh lên nhỉ.)

風かぜが強つよまってきたね。そろそろ帰かえろうよ。 (The wind is getting stronger. It’s time to go home.) (风越来越大。我们差不多要回家了吧。) (바람이 강해졌어. 슬슬 돌아가자.) (Gió đang mạnh lên nhỉ.. Về nhà sớm thôi.)

強つよめる (tsuyomeru)

Make it stronger / 增强 / 강화하다 / đẩy mạnh

“強つよめる” means “Make it stronger” and which has been used as the meaning of “someone makes something stronger”. The basic way to use it is “私わたしは___を強つよめる(I make something stronger)”. For instance, “私わたしはこのイメージ強つよめる。(I make this image stronger.)”, “私わたしは存在感そんざいかんを強つよめる。(I make my presence stronger.) “, etc. The big difference between “強つよまる” and “強つよめる” is their subjects that “強つよまる”: the subjects are except people and “強つよめる”: the subjects are people.

Example

ゆか
もっとこのイメージ強つよめないとなー。 (I gotta make this image much stronger…) (必须要进一步加强这种印象呢——) (좀 더 이 이미지를 강하게 해야지.) (Tớ phải nâng cao hình tượng hơn nữa.)

たつや
レイとの関係かんけいを強つよめたいな。 (I wanna make the relationship with Rei stronger.) (我想与玲衣的关系更进一步。) (레이와 더 친해지고 싶어!) (Tớ muốn thân thiết với Rei hơn nữa.)

ゆか
第一印象だいいちいんしょうをもっと強つよめたいな。草くさ (I wanna make my first impression much stronger. hehe) (想加深别人对我的第一印象呢。笑) (첫인상을 조금 더 강렬하게 만들고 싶어. 하하.) (Tớ muốn tạo ấn tượng đầu tiên tốt hơn nữa (cười))

たつや
存在感そんざいかん強つよめ過すぎっ！笑わら (You make your presence too strong. haha) (存在感强过头了！哈哈) (존재감 너무 강한 것 아냐? 하하) (Cảm giác tồn tại này quá mạnh mẽ! (cười))