ドンドン

• 読み: ドンドン
• ローマ字: don don
• 発音: /doɴ.doɴ/

意味

Rapidly, one after another in quick succession — also the sound of heavy banging or drumming.

ドンドン has two core uses. As a sound word, it describes heavy, rhythmic banging — knocking on a door, pounding drums, or stomping feet. As an adverb, it means 'rapidly' or 'one after another,' conveying that things are happening in quick succession without pause. ドンドン進む means to press forward quickly, ドンドン増える means increasing rapidly. It implies continuous, somewhat forceful momentum.

例文

1. 仕事がドンドン溜まってパンクしそう。
2. ドンドン食べて！遠慮しないでね。
3. 誰かがドアをドンドン叩いてる。

使い方ガイド

場面: encouragement, pace, sounds, daily life

トーン: energetic, encouraging, forceful

正しい言い方

• ドンドン質問してください (Go ahead and ask lots of questions)
• 技術がドンドン進化してる (Technology is advancing rapidly)

避ける言い方

• ゆっくりしたペースに「ドンドン」は合わない (Using 'don don' for a slow pace sounds contradictory — it implies rapid succession)

よくある間違い

• Confusing ドンドン with グングン — ドンドン emphasizes rapid succession of events, while グングン emphasizes steady upward momentum
• Not knowing that ドンドン can be encouraging — ドンドン食べて means 'eat up, don't hold back'

起源と歴史

Traditional Japanese onomatopoeia (擬音語) imitating the sound of heavy, repeated impacts. The adverbial meaning of rapid succession developed from the rhythmic, relentless quality of the sound — like drumbeats driving forward.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional onomatopoeia

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. One of the most commonly used onomatopoeic adverbs in everyday speech.