Vocabulary

What does どんどん (dondon) mean?

どんどん means rapidly, continuously, one after another.

Quick facts
Readingどんどん
Romajidondon
Part of speechadverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
どんどん
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommondondon

rapidly, continuously, one after another

  1. 1adverb · adv-to drumming (noise); beating; pounding
  2. 2adverb · adv-to rapidly; quickly; steadily
  3. 3adverb · adv-to continuously; one after the other; in succession

Example sentences

  • Your Japanese is improving fast, isn't it?

  • Don't hold back, please eat as much as you like.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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