日ひ増ましに

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

day by day; with each passing day

Describes a gradual change that becomes more noticeable as days pass. Often used with verbs of increase, improvement, or intensification.

It's getting warmer day by day.

彼かれの病びょう状じょうは日ひ増ましに悪あっ化かしている。

His condition is worsening with each passing day.

日ひ増ましに〈動どう詞し〉to (verb) more and more with each passing day
彼かれの病びょう状じょうは日ひ増ましに悪あっ化かしている。
His condition is worsening day by day.
日ひ増ましに〈形けい容よう詞し〉くなるto become increasingly (adjective) day by day
日ひ増ましに寒さむくなってきた。
It's been getting colder day by day.

日ひに日ひにN1
日に日に and 日増しに both mean 'day by day', but 日増しに sounds slightly more literary and emphasizes the cumulative, incremental nature of the change.
日ひごとに
日ごとに can suggest a more regular, stepwise change, while 日増しに stresses a steady, cumulative progression.
次し第だいにN2
次第に means 'gradually' over any timeframe, whereas 日増しに specifically marks change that accrues day by day.
徐じょ々じょにN3
徐々に is a general word for 'gradually' with no fixed time unit, while 日増しに specifically ties the gradual change to the passing of days.

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刻こっ々こく
日増しに tracks change on a day-by-day scale, while 刻々 tracks change on a much finer, near-continuous timescale.
刻こく一いっ刻こくとN1
日増しに means 'day by day' and is used for changes measured in days, whereas 刻一刻と can describe change happening even minute by minute.

Compound of 日 (hi, 'day') + 増し (mashi, 'increase') + に (adverbial particle). The literal sense is 'in an increasing manner by the day'.