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    3. ジワジワ

    ジワジワ

    ジワジワ

    slowly (but steadily)

    KMT7Ref L1Adverb, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKana Vocab14 strokes

    ジワジワじわじわ

    Adverb, Particle

    1.
    slowly (but steadily), gradually, bit-by-bit
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    2.
    slowly soaking in, slowly permeating, oozing out, seeping out
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    Stroke 0 / 14

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    彼かれの言こと葉ばがジワジワと心こころに響ひびきました。

    His words slowly but steadily resonated in my heart.

    KMT5Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの病びょう状じょうはジワジワと悪あっ化かしていった。

    His medical condition gradually worsened.

    KMT7Medicine & Health
    彼かれの冗じょう談だんは、最さい初しょは意い味みが分わからなかったが、後あとからジワジワと笑わらいがこみ上あげてきた。

    I didn't understand his joke at first, but later, laughter slowly but steadily welled up inside me.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    暑あつい日ひに冷つめたい飲のみ物ものを飲のむと、体からだがジワジワと冷ひえていくのがわかる。

    When you drink a cold beverage on a hot day, you can feel your body gradually cooling down.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつは、最さい初しょはゆっくりと、しかしジワジワと社しゃ会かいに浸しん透とうしていった。

    The new technology initially spread slowly, but steadily permeated society.

    KMT8TechnologyDaily Life

    Kana that make up this word

    ジ
    ji
    ワ
    wa
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