ますます

Japanese

Alternative spellings
益益
益々
増増
増々
増す増す
益

Etymology

Reduplication of 増す (masu).[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

ますます • (masumasu) 

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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