ますます
N3 masumasu
- increasingly
- more and more
adverb
Also written 益々
Chinese meanings
越来越
Examples
- われわれは彼をますます尊敬した。We respected him all the more.我们越来越尊敬他。
- 彼女はますます太っていくようだ。She seems to get fatter and fatter.她似乎越来越胖了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f1bbdd1149'); // ますます
{
"id": "f1bbdd1149",
"word": "ますます",
"reading": "ますます",
"romaji": "masumasu",
"meanings": [
"increasingly",
"more and more"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1603950,
"other_forms": [
"益々"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "われわれは彼をますます尊敬した。",
"furigana": "われわれは{彼|かれ}をますます{尊敬|そんけい}した。",
"en": "We respected him all the more.",
"tatoeba_id": 191595
},
{
"ja": "彼女はますます太っていくようだ。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}はますます{太|ふと}っていくようだ。",
"en": "She seems to get fatter and fatter.",
"tatoeba_id": 91501
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "5636e64d1f52fdbdd1918fa958e5362675adbb7f2e1e6e16f2296b860180d223",
"meanings": [
"越来越"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "われわれは彼をますます尊敬した。",
"zh": "我们越来越尊敬他。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女はますます太っていくようだ。",
"zh": "她似乎越来越胖了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/f1bbdd1149",
"JMdict ent_seq 1603950; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "71b1190a443733bddee22589fa4be26eef9b939e6b1948595f63d0adc111a32c"
}
}