Vocabulary

What does じりじり mean?

じりじり means inch by inch, gradually (approaching, scorching sun, impatient waiting).

Quick facts
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TOPICS

inch by inch, gradually (approaching, scorching sun, impatient waiting)

Example sentences

警察(けいさつ)は犯人(はんにん)にじりじりと近(ちか)づいていった。
The police closed in on the culprit inch by inch.