ますます

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings
益々
増々
増す増す

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication of 増す (masu).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ますます (masumasu

  1. even more
    ますます(あや)しい!
    Masumasu ayashii!
    That's even more suspicious!

Usage notes[edit]

This term is often spelled in hiragana, as ますます.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN