Lingakuますます
Frequency rank: 3,604. – 3,607.
- increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and lessword usually written using kana alone
adverb (fukushi)
Forms
- ますますFrequency rank: 3,604. – 3,607.
- 益々【ますます】Frequency rank: 11,370. – 11,396.
- 増々【ますます】Frequency rank: 42,321. – 43,060.
- 益益【ますます】
- 増す増す【ますます】
- 増増【ますます】
- 益【ますます】Frequency rank: 8,719. – 8,731.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- increasingly; more and more
- decreasingly (when declining); less and less
This meaning indicates a progressive increase in intensity or amount. It is used to express that something is happening at a greater level than before.
This meaning indicates a progressive decrease in intensity or amount. It is used to express that something is happening at a lesser level than before.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ますますふえる増えるto increase more and moreますますすくなくなる少なくなるto decrease more and moreますますあきらかになる明らかになるto become increasingly clearますますにんきがでる人気が出るto gain popularity more and moreますますあっか悪化するto worsen increasinglyますますむずかしく難しくなるto become increasingly difficultますますたよう多様かする化するto diversify more and moreますますしんこく深刻かする化するto become more and more seriousますますかんじょうてき感情的になるto become increasingly emotionalますますおそろしい恐ろしいmore and more frightening
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
149 results
An aging population will require more spending on health care.
As the weather became colder, he went from bad to worse.
The gap between rich and poor is getting wider.
The gunfire was getting worse, so we ran down to our cellar.
Written words, carrier pigeons, the telegraph, and many other devices carried ideas faster and faster from man to man.
The rich grow richer and the poor grow poorer.
The better you get to know her, the more you'll like her.