to increase (in numbers, quantity, or volume)

last year

last year

this year, the present year

this year

this year, the present year

contest, comparison, competition

compare, contrast

comparison of statures

The hiragana syllable ゆ (yu). Its equivalent in katakana is ユ (yu). It is the thirty-seventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is や行う段 (ya-gyō u-dan, “row ya, section u”).