だんだん
N5 dandan
- gradually
adverbadverb (〜と)
Also written 段々
Chinese meanings
渐渐;逐渐
Examples
- 日がだんだん長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"
}
}