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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

だんだん

N5
dandan
  1. gradually
adverbadverb (〜と)

Also written 段々

Chinese meanings

渐渐;逐渐

Examples

  • 日ひがだんだん長ながくなってきています。
    The days are getting longer and longer.
    白天渐渐变长了。
  • それはだんだん大おおきくなった。
    It grew larger and larger.
    那个渐渐变大了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('55dbb815ba'); // だんだん
{
  "id": "55dbb815ba",
  "word": "だんだん",
  "reading": "だんだん",
  "romaji": "dandan",
  "meanings": [
    "gradually"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adv-to"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1597350,
  "other_forms": [
    "段々"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "日がだんだん長くなってきています。",
      "furigana": "{日|ひ}がだんだん{長|なが}くなってきています。",
      "en": "The days are getting longer and longer.",
      "tatoeba_id": 122958
    },
    {
      "ja": "それはだんだん大きくなった。",
      "furigana": "それはだんだん{大|おお}きくなった。",
      "en": "It grew larger and larger.",
      "tatoeba_id": 205465
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "2318430d2297b9315a20f83f9dbb9df046062332e6e33717c3665539258fbab5",
    "meanings": [
      "渐渐;逐渐"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "日がだんだん長くなってきています。",
        "zh": "白天渐渐变长了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "それはだんだん大きくなった。",
        "zh": "那个渐渐变大了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/55dbb815ba",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "2d4046047dc18e622608f4b67c48bda5f35d96b2ac9c4a6b5c967ebce019feb9"
  }
}