次第に – vocab dash

次し第だいに

Top 6000

Meanings

Adverb

1. gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

Kanji used

次next 第ordinal number

Pitch accent

しだいに

Composed of

次し第だい

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; upon; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program; programme; precedence; …

Suffix

に

at; in; on; to; toward; into; for; in order to; because of; with; …

Particle

Used in vocabulary

次し第だい次し第だいに

gradually; little by little; step by step

Adverb

Examples45

日ひが経たつにつれて、天てん気きは次し第だいに悪あっ化かしつつあった。

The weather was getting worse and worse as the day went on.

彼かれは評ひょう論ろん家かとして次し第だいに有ゆう名めいになった。

He became more and more famous as a critic.

私わたしは違ちがう列れっ車しゃに乗のったことが次し第だいに分わかり始はじめた。

It gradually dawned on me that I had taken the wrong train.

その音おん楽がくの音おとはしだいに消きえていった。

The music faded away.

その色いろは黄き色いろから緑みどり色いろへと次し第だいに変かわる。

The colors shade from yellow into green.

船ふねはしだいに陸りくに近ちかづいた。

The ship approached the shore by degrees.