じわじわ
-Jiwa Jiwa-

どんなことば？　-What is this word?-

ゆっくりと確実に進む様子や、ものごとの影響が少しづつ広がる様子など、控えめだけど確実な動きや広がりを表す時に使う言葉。

A word used to express modest but certain movement and expansion, such as the slow and steady progress or the gradual spread of the influence of something.

じわじわの使い方　-How to use “Jiwa Jiwa”-

「じわじわと汗をかく。」

I'm sweating steadily.

「彼の言葉が、じわじわと胸に響いて涙が出そうになった。」

His words slowly touched my heart and brought me to tears.

「その店の評判が、SNSでじわじわと広がり、ついに有名店となった。」

The store's reputation gradually spread through social media, and it eventually became a famous store.