See less and less on Wiktionary
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{
"word": "more and more"
}
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"name": "英語",
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},
{
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"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Since the great combinations in 2000s, Japanese cities grew less and less prosperous.",
"translation": "（裏返して）2000年代の大合併以降、日本の都市は一層衰退した。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"一層～ではない。益々～じゃない。"
],
"id": "ja-less_and_less-en-phrase-SQpD2nHC"
}
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"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "less and less"
}
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{
"word": "more and more"
}
],
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"英語",
"英語 成句",
"英語 成句 副詞句"
],
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"pos": "phrase",
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"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Since the great combinations in 2000s, Japanese cities grew less and less prosperous.",
"translation": "（裏返して）2000年代の大合併以降、日本の都市は一層衰退した。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"一層～ではない。益々～じゃない。"
]
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
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}
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