進める

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
すす
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Cognate with Japanese (すす)める (susumeru) and (すす)める (susumeru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「進める
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
進める すめる
Imperative (命令形) 進めろ すめろ
Key constructions
Passive 進められる すめられる
Causative 進めさせる すめさせる
Potential 進められる すめられる
Volitional 進めよう すめよ
Negative 進めない すめない
Negative perfective 進めなかった すめなかった
Formal 進めます すめま
Perfective 進めた すめた
Conjunctive 進めて すめて
Hypothetical conditional 進めれば すめれ

Verb

(すす)める (susumerutransitive ichidan (stem (すす) (susume), past (すす)めた (susumeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 進める
mediopassive 進む
  1. promote, pursue, move forward with, advance
    解明(かいめい)(すす)める
    kaimei o susumeru
    to proceed with elucidation
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      もちろんその(さい)には、謙虚(けんきょ)(すす)める必要(ひつよう)がある。
      Mochiron sono sai ni wa, kenkyo ni susumeru hitsuyō ga aru.
      Of course, as we do, we must proceed with a sense of humility.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN