Japanese symbol for “rapidly”
どんどん
どんどん
Romaji: dondon
drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging
In Japanese, rapidly is どんどん (dondon).
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Meanings
- adv, adv-to drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging; booming; stamping
- adv, adv-to rapidly; quickly; steadily
- adv, adv-to continuously; one after the other; in succession
Written forms: —. Readings: どんどん、ドンドン.
Other Japanese words for “rapidly”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ぐんぐん | ぐんぐん gungun | rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds |
| ずんずん | ずんずん zunzun | rapidly; quickly; briskly |
| 早く | はやく hayaku | quickly; swiftly; rapidly |
| メキメキ | メキメキ mekimeki | remarkably; markedly; rapidly |
| すくすく | すくすく sukusuku | (growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast |
See also: Chinese symbol for “rapidly”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.