Japanese Mimetic Words: だんだん

Japanese Mimetic Words: Dan Dan だんだん – Review Notes

Today’s Japanese Mimetic Word is だんだん (dandan) which means “little by little” or “gradually.” Read more and learn the different ways to use だんだん (dandan).

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★　Today we learned another Japanese Mimetic Word.

★　Mimetic Words are words that mimic sounds, feelings, or senses (learn more)

★　Today’s mimetic word is だんだん (dandan) which means “gradually” or “little by little”

★　It can also be written using kanji: 段々 which is interesting because 段 means “stairs” or “steps” and 々 is a kanji that is used to repeat the kanji that comes before it.

★　For example, 私はだんだん心配になってきた (watashi wa dandan shinpai ni nattekita) – “I gradually became worried” or “I gradually started to feel worried.”

★　心配 (shinpai) means “worry”. In this example, the adverbial form心配に

★　なってくる (natte kuru) is a combination of the verb なる (naru – to become) and くる (kuru – to come) and it means “to start to become~”This example sentence uses なってきた (natte kita) which is the past tense form of なってくる (natte kuru).

★　だんだん慣れてきた (dandan naretekita) – “I got used to it little by little” or “I started to get used to it little by little.”

★　慣れてくる (naretekuru) is a combination of the verb 慣れる (nareru – to get used to) and くる (kuru – to come) and it means “to start to get used to~” This example sentence uses 慣れてきた (naretekita) which is the past tense form of 慣れてくる (naretekuru).

★　As is common practice in the Japanese language, the subject of the sentence (I) is omitted in this example.

★　だんだん暗くなってきた (dandan kuraku nattekita) – “It started to get dark” or “It gradually started to become dark outside”

★　暗い (kurai) means “dark”. In this example, the adverbal form 暗く (kuraku) is used before the verb combination なってくる (nattekuru) which we already learned about in the first example.

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Dragon Ball Song: DANDAN心魅かれていく(gradually my heart is being charmed)

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Conclusion:

Today we learned about the Japanese mimetic word だんだん (dandan). If you have any questions, leave a comment below!

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