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VocabJLPT N3
increasingly
Adverb

Also written as 益々

Definitions

  1. 1. increasingly
  2. 2. more and more
This adverb means "more and more" or "increasingly," indicating that something is growing in degree over time. It is used to emphasize a continuing or accelerating change in a situation. For example, it might describe a problem getting worse and worse or a skill improving more and more.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Hearing that news only made me more worried.

Sentence 2

"If this keeps up, it's only going to get more dangerous," my mom said.

Sentence 3

Um, if we keep going, we're just going to fall further behind, right?

Sentence 4

"At this rate, you'll keep getting better," the doctor said.

Sentence 5

If you don't take the medicine, the pain is only going to get worse.