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. 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
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