みるみる
Meanings
1
very fast; in a flash; before one's eyes
usually written using kana alone
Describes a visible, often dramatic change happening rapidly right in front of the speaker. Commonly used with verbs of change like 変わる, 増える, 減る, 治る, etc.
After taking the medicine, my fever went down very fast.
The sky darkened before our eyes and a heavy rain started falling.
Usage patterns
- みるみる〈形容詞〉なるto visibly become ~ in no time
The wound visibly shrank right before our eyes.
- みるみる増えるto rapidly increase before one's eyes
The water was rapidly rising right in front of us.
- みるみる減るto rapidly decrease visibly
My savings were visibly disappearing before my eyes.
- みるみる回復するto recover rapidly, visibly getting better
His condition improved rapidly right before our eyes.