ますます

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
えきえき
益々ますます
ぞうぞう
ぞう

えき

Etymology

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Reduplication of (masu).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ますます (masumasu

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

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN