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JLPT N5 · Adverbs of time

だんだん

gradually

Stroke order of だんだん

4 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

だ · 6 strokesん · 1 strokesだ · 6 strokesん · 1 strokes

Memory trick

DANDAN — 'dun, dun, dun' gradually creeping

Parts: Gradually; step by step

The characters in だんだん

  • だ だ — da (6 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)
  • だ だ — da (6 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)

Example sentence

だんだんあつくなります。

It is gradually getting hot.

More words: Adverbs of time

もうalready; anymoreまだstill; not yetすぐsoon; right awayいつもalwaysときどきsometimesたいていusuallyまたagainはじめてfor the first timeさっきa little while agoあとでlaterいまnowこれからfrom now onやっとat last; finallyゆっくりslowly; leisurely

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