| Chinese-like forms / Words JLPT 1 |
| 2570 | Mandarin | |||||
| だんだん | 段々 | dandan | gradually, step by step | song s2218 | 渐渐 jiànjiàn | |
| どんどん | dondon | rapidly, steadily | song s2218 | 匆匆 cōngcōng | ||
| 4459 | たまたま | 偶々 | tamatama | by chance, unexpectedly, accidentally | 2334 | |
| わざわざ | 態々 | wazawaza | expressly; specially | 2171 1212 | ||
| ときどき | 時々 | tokidoki | sometimes | 655 song a187b | ||
| 4119 | ぞくぞく | 続々 | zokuzoku | successively; one after another | ||
| ますます | 益々 | masumasu | more and more, increasingly | 1256 1399 | ||
| 4607 | ちゃくちゃく | 着々 | chakuchaku | steadily | ||
| 3501 | じょじょに | 徐々に | jojo, jojoni | slowly, gradually, little by little | 2387 | |
| じょうじょう | 上々 | joojoo | the best | |||
| なかなか | 中々 | nakanaka | (with positive predicate) very; considerably; fairly; quite |
747 D1-L4-A4 | Grammar fg117 | |
| 中々 | nakanaka | (with negative predicate) easily; readily; by no means |
1682 | |||
| ぐいぐい | guigui | doing something forcefully and continuously | ||||
| ぐいぐい動く | guigui ugoku | moving vigorously | ||||
| ぐいぐい飲む | guigui nomu | swig; Drink it all up | ||||
| すみずみ | 隅々 | sumizumi | every nook and corner | songs687 | ||
| 2618 | さ | 左 | sa- | left | 左 zuŏ | |
| 左側 | sasoku | left-hand side | 2570 745 | |||
| させつ | 左折 | sasetsu | left turn | |||
| 右 | u- | right | 右 yòu | |||
| うせつ | 右折 | usetsu | right turn |