Illustration: Outside a Japanese house on a mild winter afternoon, a small snowman is slowly melting in the sunshine. Its rounded head has softened, its body has narrowed, and a shallow puddle spreads around the remaining base. A bead of water swells beneath its chin while another falls into the puddle.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

次し第だいに

shidaini

gradually

Example sentences

風かぜは次第しだいにおさまった。
The wind gradually died down.
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空そらは次第しだいに暗くらくなった。
The sky grew darker and darker.
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彼女かのじょは次第しだいに回復かいふくしている。
She is getting better by degrees.
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Kanji in 次第

次next; orderOnジ・シKunつぐ・つぎ
第No.; residenceOnダイ・テイ

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