How to Say ‘I'm even more interested.’ in Japanese
ますます興味がわきました。
masumasu kyoumi ga waki mashi ta
[mah-soo-mah-soo kyoh-mee ga wah-kee mah-shee tah]
Phrase Breakdown
ますます
masumasu
[mah-soo-mah-soo]
more and more; increasingly
Indicates that interest or feeling grew stronger.
お話を聞いて、ますます興味がわきました。
After hearing your talk, I became even more interested.
興味がわきました
kyoumi ga waki mashi ta
became interested; my interest grew
Means that interest or curiosity arose.
その話を聞いて興味がわきました。
Hearing that story made me interested.
Words in this phrase
興味
kyoumi
[kyoh-mee]
interest
Curiosity or strong attention toward something.
その取り組みに興味を持ちました。
I became interested in that initiative.
が
ga
[ga]
subject marker
Marks what is doing or experiencing the action in the sentence.
関心が高まっています。
Interest is rising.
わき
waki
[wah-kee]
arose; came up
Shows that interest naturally came up inside the speaker.
新しい説明を聞いて疑問がわきました。
After hearing the new explanation, a question came to mind.
まし
mashi
[mah-shee]
polite past stem
Part of a polite past-tense verb ending.
丁寧に答えてくださいました。
You answered politely.
た
ta
[tah]
past tense ending
Marks the verb as past tense.
先ほど理解できました。
I was able to understand a little while ago.
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