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だんだん

だんだんdandanN5neutral

gradually + rise

dandan agaru

gradually; little by little — a change that accumulates step by step

meaning: rise little by little

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  • 上あがる
  • だんだん〜
  • だんだん上あがる

心配しんぱいしなくていいよ。だんだん上あがるから。

shinpai shinakute ii yo. dandan agaru kara.

No need to worry — you rise little by little. casual

春はるが近ちかづいて、だんだん日ひが長ながくなってきました。

haru ga chikazuite, dandan hi ga nagaku natte kimashita.

With spring coming, the days have been getting longer. neutral

All examples4

gradually — the change arrives in steps, and the steps are perceptible

  1. 心配しんぱいしなくていいよ。だんだん慣なれるから。

    shinpai shinakute ii yo. dandan nareru kara.

    No need to worry — you get used to it little by little. casual

  2. 春はるが近ちかづいて、だんだん日ひが長ながくなってきました。

    haru ga chikazuite, dandan hi ga nagaku natte kimashita.

    With spring coming, the days have been getting longer. neutral

  3. 話はなしているうちに、だんだん眠ねむくなってきた。

    hanashite iru uchi ni, dandan nemuku natte kita.

    As we talked I got sleepier and sleepier. casual

  4. ご指導しどうのおかげで、作業さぎょうの流ながれもだんだん分わかってまいりました。

    go shidou no okage de, sagyou no nagare mo dandan wakatte mairimashita.

    Thanks to your guidance, I have gradually come to understand how the work flows. formal

How it's formed3

Notes

どんどん shares the shape and not the meaning: it licenses encouragement
(どんどん食たべて), which だんだん cannot urge — だんだん reports increments the
speaker watches rather than a pace the listener sets.