益々 (Masumasu) is a Japanese adverb meaning “increasingly, more and more, decreasingly, less and less”.
Meanings
- adverbincreasingly; more and more
- adverbdecreasingly; less and lesswhen declining
Examples
彼はますます有名になった。
He became more and more famous.
情勢はますます悪くなった。
The situation went from bad to worse.
物語はますます面白くなった。
The story got more and more interesting.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).