Illustration: At a kitchen table, a child watches a large glass sand timer while waiting for a covered cup of instant noodles. A fine, continuous stream passes through the narrow neck, adding grains to a growing mound below; plenty of sand remains in the upper chamber.

だんだん

dandan

gradually, little by little

Example sentences

空そらはだんだん暗くらくなった。
The sky became darker and darker.
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だんだん分わかってきたよ。
I’m beginning to understand.
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だんだん暑あつくなってきた。
It’s getting hotter and hotter.
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