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Japanese
Etymology
From Old Japanese.
Literally “on the day on the day”, with particle に (ni) indicating time or location.
Pronunciation
Adverb
日に日に • (hi ni hi ni)
- day by day, gradually
- Synonyms: 日増しに (himashi ni), 日を追って (hi o otte)
- 工事は日に日に進捗している。 ― kōji wa hi ni hi ni shinchoku shiteiru. ― Construction is progressing day by day
- every day
- Synonym: 毎日 (mainichi)
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- わたしは同君に頼んで画家の用いるような三脚を手に入れ、時にはそれを野外へ持ち出して、日に日に新しい自然から学ぶ心を養おうとしたこともある。
- Watashi wa dōkun ni tanonde gaka no mochiiru yō na sankyaku o te ni ire, toki ni wa sore o yagai e mochidashite, hi ni hi ni atarashii shizen kara manabu kokoro o yashinaō to shita koto mo aru.
- I also used to ask him to get a tripod which a painter would use and sometimes take it out in the open to try to cultivate a new mind to learn from the nature every day.
References
Old Japanese
Etymology
Literally “on the day on the day” or “day by day”, with particle に (ni) indicating time or location.
Adverb
日に日に (pi1 ni pi1 ni)
- every day
c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2397:蹔不見戀吾妹日日來事繁- simasiku mo mi1nuba ko2posiki1 wagi1moko1 wo pi1 ni pi1 ni kureba ko2to2 no2 sige2ke1ku
- When I didn’t see my love for a while, I then missed her; when I come to her every day, then rumors are frequent.
Descendants
- Japanese: 日に日に (hi ni hi ni)