Illustration: Before opening time in a neighborhood bento kitchen, a cook calmly completes lunch boxes in an orderly sequence. Empty boxes wait at one end of the workbench, rice-filled boxes occupy the middle, and a growing group of finished boxes sits neatly stacked at the other end.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

着ちゃく々ちゃく

chakuchaku

steadily

Example sentences

仕事しごとは着々ちゃくちゃくと進すすんでいる。
The work is progressing steadily.
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工事こうじは着々ちゃくちゃくと完成かんせいに近ちかづいている。
The construction work is steadily nearing completion.
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彼かれの馬うまは着々ちゃくちゃくと対抗馬たいこうばに追おいついた。
His horse gained steadily on his rivals.
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Kanji in 着々

着wear; arriveOnチャク・ジャクKunきる・きせる・つく

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