Meaning
益々 (ますます, masumasu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “increasingly, more and more”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 7
状況はますます悪くなったね。
The situation has gotten worse and worse.
知識を増す者は悲哀を増す。
He that increases knowledge increases sorrows.
お客様からの信頼度が増す。
The confidence from customers grows.
街路樹は都市の美観を増す.
The trees lining the streets add to the beauty of the city.
やがて菱湖の楷書は益々人気が高まり一世を風靡した。
Then Ryoko's Chinese characters in the standard style became increasingly more popular and completely dominant.
しばしば、湯飲みなどに「春夏二升五合冬」と書いて、「商い（秋無い）益々繁盛」の縁起物とされる。
On a teacup or something, they often write 'spring, summer, 2 masu 5 go, and winter' (no autumn), and these words read as 'akinai masu masu hanjo' (means 'business prospers more and more'), and the thing with these words is regarded as a good luck charm.
また、1斗が5升の倍にあたることから、「一斗二升五合」と書き「五升倍升升半升」と解して「御商売益々繁盛」と洒落として読むこともある。
1 to is equal to twice (reads as 'bai' in Japanese) 5 sho (reads as 'go sho' in Japanese), so Japanese people sometimes use this and do a wordplay how to read '1 to, 2 sho, and 5 go,' and the answer is 'goshobai masu masu hanjo' (means 'your business becomes more and more prosperous').