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段々（だんだん）
Meaning:
「段々」means “steadily”, “gradually”, “more and more(less and less)”.
Note: It can be written as 「だんだん」「だんだんと」「段々と」too. They are the same.
Note 2: 々 is a repetition kanji or “ideographic iteration mark”, it means that the kanji just before should be repeated.
Examples:
| 空がだんだん曇ってきた。 The sky has gradually clouded over. だんだん寒くなってきている。 It’s gradually getting colder. 昼がだんだんと長くなってきた。 The days are getting longer gradually. 生徒の数がだんだん減ってきた。 The number of students is dropping gradually. 仕事がだんだん困難になってきた。 The work begins to get more difficult gradually. 祖母はだんだん忘れっぽくなってきた。 My grandmother was gradually becoming forgetful. トムは段々よくなっている。 Tom is getting better steadily. これから段々暖かくなって行くでしょう。 It’s going to get steadily hotter from now. フィオナの手紙は段々と頻度が減っていった。 Fiona’s letters were becoming less and less frequent. 彼は立ち去って、雪の中で彼の姿は段々と薄れていた。 As he walked away, his figure gradually became dim under the snow. |
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