増える
ふえる (fueru)
to increase, to grow in number
verb (ichidan)
Example
最近、外国人観光客が増えています。
さいきん、がいこくじんかんこうきゃくがふえています。
Saikin, gaikokujin kankoukyaku ga fuete imasu.
Recently, foreign tourists have been increasing.
Intransitive verb often used to describe growth in quantity, population, or frequency. The transitive counterpart is 増やす (fuyasu - to increase something).