ますます

ますます · masumasu · JLPT N3 · adverb

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📈 増す masu = to increase; say it twice, masu masu, and it keeps on growing

ますます is 増す (masu, to increase) said twice. Japanese often repeats a word to show something continuing, so increase-increase means more and more, increasingly.

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