Illustration: On the wooden veranda of a family home, a watering can with a tiny leak sits on a folded cotton cushion. A single drop hangs from its seam, and a broad damp patch has slowly spread through the cushion beneath it, darkest at the center with an irregular advancing edge.

じわじわ

jiwajiwa

gradually, steadily

Example sentences

彼女かのじょはじわじわと彼かれに近ちかづいて行いった。
She gradually moved closer to him.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
じわじわ来くる
to grow on (gradually become likeable)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
犯人はんにんがじわじわと追おい詰つめられていくような、そんな感かんじのドラマが好すきです。
I like dramas where the culprit is gradually backed into a corner.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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