だんだん

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See also: たんたん

Japanese

Etymology 1

Adjective

だんだん (dandan-tari (adnominal だんだんとした (dandan to shita) or だんだんたる (dandan taru), adverbial だんだん (dandan to) or だんだんとして (dandan to shite))

  1. 団々: very round of shape, such as the roundness of the full moon; full of dew, covered in dewdrops

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of だんだん – see the following entry.
段々
gradually, step by step, one after another
steps and steps; the process of something
(This term, だんだん (dandan), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Interjection

だんだん (dandan

  1. (Umpaku, Izumo) thank you