ますます

Japanese
Alternative spellings
益々
増々
増す増す
益

Etymology

Reduplication of 増す (masu).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ます​ます [màsúꜜmàsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠sɨᵝma̠sɨᵝ]

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!

Usage notes

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

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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