Illustration: During a hot afternoon in a Japanese apartment, an adult sits before an electric fan with cloth streamers tied to its guard, already fluttering strongly. A helpful child has switched on a second fan beside it, directing additional air toward the adult.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

いっそう

issou

even more, still more

Example sentences

  1. 雨あめはいっそう激はげしくなった。

    The rain fell even harder.

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  2. 今日きょうはいっそう寒さむい。

    It is still colder today.

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  3. 彼かれの兄あにの方ほうはいっそう背せが高たかい。

    His brother is still taller.

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