A1 Idiom Neutral

どんどん

dondon

Rapidly / Steadily

Phrase in 30 Seconds

Use どんどん to describe actions or changes that happen rapidly and continuously without stopping.

  • Means: Doing something repeatedly or seeing something increase quickly.
  • Used in: Talking about work progress, eating, or growing trends.
  • Don't confuse: It is not for sudden, one-time events (use 'パッと' instead).
🚀 (Speed) + 🔄 (Repetition) = どんどん

Explanation at your level:

どんどん means doing something fast and many times. Use it before a verb to show action.
It is an adverb for continuous, rapid progress. It works for both positive actions and changing states.
This is a versatile onomatopoeic adverb. It indicates that an action is proceeding with momentum or that a state is changing rapidly without pause.
Functioning as a gitaigo, it captures the essence of iterative, high-velocity progression. It is essential for natural-sounding Japanese, bridging the gap between static descriptions and dynamic narrative flow.
As a lexicalized onomatopoeia, どんどん functions as a temporal-aspectual marker. It signals a high frequency of action or a rapid rate of change, often implying a lack of psychological or physical resistance to the process.
In cognitive linguistics, どんどん serves as a conceptual metaphor where the auditory 'beat' of a drum is mapped onto the domain of 'event progression.' It effectively encodes both the iterative nature of the action and the subjective perception of rapid velocity.

Bedeutung

To describe something progressing quickly or continuously.

🌍

Kultureller Hintergrund

Used in festivals to describe the beat of drums.

💡

Use it to encourage!

Say 'どんどん食べて' to be a good host.

Bedeutung

To describe something progressing quickly or continuously.

💡

Use it to encourage!

Say 'どんどん食べて' to be a good host.

Teste dich selbst

Fill in the blank.

仕事が＿＿＿終わる。

✓ Richtig! ✗ Nicht ganz. Richtige Antwort: どんどん

Dondon means fast/continuous.

🎉 Ergebnis: /1

Visuelle Lernhilfen

Häufig gestellte Fragen

1 Fragen

Yes, like 'money is disappearing fast'.

Verwandte Redewendungen

🔗

ぐんぐん

similar

Rapid growth

Wo du es verwendest

🍱

At a Buffet

Friend: どんどん食べてね！

You: ありがとう！

informal
💼

Work Meeting

Boss: どんどん意見を言ってください。

Staff: はい、わかりました。

neutral

Memorize It

Mnemonic

Think of a drum going 'don-don' as you run fast!

Visual Association

A person running on a treadmill that is speeding up, with a drum beating in the background.

Rhyme

Don-don, the work is gone!

Story

Ken was hungry. He went to a buffet. He started eating. 'Don-don!' went the drum in his head. He ate sushi, then ramen, then cake. He kept going, and the plates piled up.

Word Web

進む増える食べる話す変化加速

Herausforderung

Describe 3 things you are doing today using 'どんどん'.

In Other Languages

Spanish high

sin parar

Dondon implies speed as well as continuity.

French moderate

sans cesse

Dondon is more informal.

German high

immer weiter

Dondon is an adverb, 'immer weiter' is a phrase.

Japanese self

どんどん

N/A

Arabic moderate

باستمرار

Dondon is more colloquial.

Chinese moderate

一直

Dondon emphasizes speed.

Korean high

계속

Dondon has a more 'rhythmic' nuance.

Portuguese high

sem parar

Dondon is more idiomatic.

Easily Confused

どんどん vs. ぐんぐん

Both mean fast.

Dondon is for action, Gungun is for growth.

FAQ (1)

Yes, like 'money is disappearing fast'.

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