adverbial N4 common casualpolitewritten
どんどん — rapidly / steadily
どんどん
Meaning
- rapidly / steadily / one after another — fast, gathering progress with momentum
Key sentence
人がどんどん増えている。
The number of people is rapidly increasing.
Usage
Often urges or describes things piling up quickly. Common in encouragement: どんどん食べて = 'Help yourself, eat lots!'
Examples
新しい店がどんどん増えている。
New shops keep opening one after another.
質問があればどんどん聞いてください。
If you have questions, go ahead and ask away.
値段がどんどん上がっていく。
Prices keep climbing steadily.
Easily confused with
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