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段々 (だんだん): gradually, by degrees — Japanese vocabulary

段々 is read だんだん and means "gradually, by degrees". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

段々

Reading
だんだん · dandan
Translation
gradually, by degrees
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
だんだんがだんだんが

Example

段々寒くなってきました。

だんだんさむくなってきました。

It's gradually getting colder.

Kanji in this word

  • 段 — step, rank

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