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だんだん (dandan)

gradually, by degrees

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Meaning

段々 (だんだん, dandan) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “gradually, by degrees”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

だんだん仕事しごとが楽たのしくなってきました。

Little by little I've come to enjoy my work.

日ひはだんだん長ながくなる。

Days are getting longer.

だんだん暗くらくなっていた。

It was getting dark.

だんだん暖あたたかくなります。

It will get warmer and warmer.

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