Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Kanji 漸 steadily, gradually advancing, finally Word family· 15 gradual decrease; decline
gradual progress; steady advance
gradually; little by little; incrementally
eastward advance; eastward spread
gradual increase
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gradually; by degrees · tall soaring rock · crying; weeping
gradual decline; slow fall
asymptote
westward advance; westward movement
recurrence relation; recurrence formula
climax (rhetoric); gradation
Oligocene epoch
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Etymology The kanji 漸 originally means 'to advance gradually' or 'to soak'. The reading ぜん is the on'yomi. The word is used in formal Japanese to express the concept of gradual progress.
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