more and more; increasingly; all the more
Literary adverb expressing a gradual intensification, similar to ますます or いよいよ but with a classical, often emotive tone. Used in written or formal speech.
On the long autumn night, I was gripped by an increasingly lonely feeling.
As autumn deepens, I feel increasingly lonely.
His words made me feel all the more uneasy.
I felt increasingly displeased by his selfish attitude.
一層 is a common written-style word meaning 'even more', while 転 carries a more archaic, emotionally tinged literary flavor.
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 転 and 転た are rare and literary.
Rare kanji-kana mixed spelling; mainly encountered in classical or highly literary contexts.
Rare kanji spelling; mainly encountered in classical or highly literary contexts.
An adverb attested since Old Japanese, originally expressing continuing or increasing change. The spelling 転 is semantic, reflecting transition or intensification.