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► 副詞
段々  [だんだん]  [coll]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 1
☆ は段々上達している ⇨ His skills are gradually improving
☆ になって段々寒くなってきた ⇨ Now it is fall and it is getting cooler

徐々に  [(1)じょじょに]  [liter]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 2
☆ 景気は徐々に回復している ⇨ The economy is recovering gradually

じわじわ  [(1)じわじわ]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 2
☆ ボディブローがじわじわいてきている ⇨ Body blows are slowly taking their tolls  (☛ Inconspicuously but surely)
☆ 彼等首位とのをじわじわめてている ⇨ They are slowly but steadily closing the gap with the top team  (☛ Inconspicuously but surely)

少しずつ  [(4)すこしずつ]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 2
☆ 毎日練習していたら少しずつ上達してきた ⇨ I’ve been practicing everyday and I’m getting better little by little

少しずつ  [(4)すこしづつ]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 2
☆ 状況は少しずつ改善した ⇨ The situation improved little by little

次第に  [しだいに]  [liter]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 3
☆ その習慣は次第にれていった ⇨ The custom became gradually outdated

じりじり  [(1)じりじり]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 3
☆ 二チーム首位とのをじりじりとめている ⇨ The second-place team is inching closer to the top  (☛ Usually about distance)

じわっと  [(2)じわっと]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 3
☆ さがじわっといてきた ⇨ I started to feel the spiciness gradually  (☛ The effect of something to be felt gradually)

じわりじわり  [(2,5)じわりじわり]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 3
☆ はじわりじわりと近付いてきている ⇨ The enemy is slowly getting closer  (☛ A variation of じわじわ)

じわりと  [(2)じわりと]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 3
☆ 余り湿気かなくてもがじわりとてくる ⇨ Because of the humidity I am sweating slowly even though I am not moving  (☛ The effect of something to be felt gradually)

じんわり  [(3)じんわり]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 3
☆ 辛味がじんわりいてきた ⇨ The hot taste is slowly coming  (☛ The effect of something to be felt gradually)

ちょっとづつ  [(5)ちょっとづつ]  [coll]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 3
☆ あのブランデーいからちょっとずつ飲んでいる ⇨ That brandy is expensive so I drink little by little  (☛ Typically use something little by little)

ちびちび  [(1)ちびちび]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 4
☆ をちびちび飲んでいる ⇨ He’s sipping his drink little by little  (☛ Usually about drink)

ちびりちびり  [(2)ちびりちびり]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 4
☆ をちびりちびり飲んでいる ⇨ He’s sipping his drink little by little  (☛ Usually about drink)

ちょぼちょぼ  [(1)ちょぼちょぼ]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 4
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ひたひた  [(1)ひたひた]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 4
☆ 危険がひたひたとづいてきている ⇨ Danger is getting closer, slowly but surely  (☛ Usually about distance)

► 名詞
済し崩し  [なしくずし]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 4
☆ 統領になると民主機構を済し崩し解体した ⇨ Once he became the president he gradually dissolved the democratic systems  (☛ Usually for worse)

► 形容詞
緩い  [(2)ゆるい]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 1
☆ 緩い曲線 ⇨ A gradual curve

► 形容動詞
緩やか  [(2)ゆるやか]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 2
☆ 景気は緩やかに改善している ⇨ The economy has been improving gradually
☆ 緩やかな ⇨ A gradual, moderate, slope

なだらか  [(2)なだらか]    meaning:  gradual  rank: 3
☆ なだらかな傾斜 ⇨ A gentle, gradual, slope  (☛ Not steep, sharp-angled)