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刻々 (kokkoku) Japanese meaning: moment by moment | Kotomora
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The typhoon is approaching moment by moment.
The situation is changing with each passing moment.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと〉 〉 が 刻々こっこく と 変化へんか する for something to change moment by moment
The typhoon's path is changing moment by moment.
〈 事こと〉 〉 が 刻々こっこく と 迫せま る for something (a deadline, danger, etc.) to draw ever closer
The day of the exam was drawing closer and closer.
状況じょうきょう が 刻々こっこく と 悪化あっか する for a situation to worsen with each passing moment
The situation on the ground is deteriorating by the minute.
刻々こっこく と 伝つた わる to be relayed/updated continuously (news, information)
Updates on the accident kept coming in moment by moment.
Related words 次第に describes a slow, gradual change over time, while 刻々 emphasizes rapid, continuous change happening almost moment by moment.
徐々に conveys a calm, steady, often slow progression, whereas 刻々 suggests a more urgent, unrelenting pace of change.
日増しに tracks change on a day-by-day scale, while 刻々 tracks change on a much finer, near-continuous timescale.
Etymology Reduplication of 刻 (こく, 'moment' or 'carve'), with the reading こっこく arising from gemination. The form 刻々 literally means 'moment after moment'.
Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
