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Dictionary results(showing 18 results)


adverb
increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less(usually kana)
Other readings:
ますます《増々》
ますます《益益》
ますます《増す増す》
ますます《増増》
ますます《益》

noun
1.
benefit, use, good, advantage, gain
2.
profit, gains
Other readings:
【やく】
【よう】

expression
three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones(yojijukugo)(from Confucius)
See also:損者三友 (antonym)

noun
animal beneficial to humans
See also:害獣 (antonym)

suru verb (special), transitive verb
to benefit (someone), to be useful

noun
profits tax, proportion of consumption tax retained by manufacturers or retailers(finance term)

noun
earnings yield, after-tax earnings per share divided by the stock price(finance term)

noun
people, subjects, populace(archaism)
See also:天の益人

ますます
masumasumotte
expression, adverb
increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less(usually kana)(emphatic)
Other readings:
ますますもって《益々以て》
ますますもって《益益以て》

ます
masuraoburi
noun
manly poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ますらおぶり《丈夫振り》
ますらおぶり《益荒男振》
ますらおぶり《丈夫風》

やくたい
yakutaimonai
expression
useless, worthless, absurd, baloney

noun, na-adjective
hero, manly person, warrior(sometimes じょうぶ)
Other readings:
丈夫【ますらお】
益荒男【ますらお】

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 10 strokes
Taught in grade 5
benefit, gain, profit, advantage
KUN:
  • ま.す
    ma.su
ON:
  • エキ
    eki
  • ヤク
    yaku
Nanori:
  • まし
    mashi
  • ます
    masu

Sentence results (showing 1-10 of 117 results)


It is getting warmer and warmer

The higher we climb, the colder it becomes

The more I hear, the more interesting it becomes

The higher up we went, the colder it became

The sky grew darker and darker, and the wind blew harder and harder

When summer is over, the days grow shorter and shorter

Our world is getting smaller and smaller every year

The higher we climb, the colder it becomes

The more people have, the more they want

The more one has, the more one wants
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