ますます

Japanese

Hiragana	modern	ますます
Hiragana	historical	ますます
Kanji	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 (rōmaji masumasu)

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

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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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