Translation guide
To make a process happen faster or more efficiently, often by removing obstacles or streamlining steps.
To cause something to be completed sooner, especially by taking active steps to accelerate it.
General verb meaning to hasten or advance something. Works for processes, schedules, or events.
We need to expedite our departure.
To promote or accelerate progress, often used in formal or business contexts for projects, growth, or reforms.
We allocated extra resources to expedite the project's progress.
To hurry or rush something. More casual and direct; implies urgency.
Please expedite the procedure.
Formal term meaning to make something faster, often used in business or technical contexts for processes or operations.
We aim to expedite business operations.
To make a process smoother and quicker by removing delays or simplifying steps.
To make something go smoothly; often used for communication, progress, or operations.
We prepared the documents in advance to expedite the procedure.
To simplify procedures, thereby expediting them. Common in administrative contexts.
Pattern meaning to move something forward smoothly; implies expediting by removing friction.
To arrange for faster delivery of goods or documents.
There is no single Japanese verb that covers all uses of 'expedite'. Translating it directly as 促進する or 早める may sound unnatural in casual conversation. Choose the option that matches the specific context.
早める (hayameru) is transitive and means to hasten something deliberately. 急ぐ (isogu) can be intransitive (to hurry oneself) or transitive (to hurry something). Use 早める when you actively advance a schedule or process; use 急ぐ when emphasizing urgency or speed of action.
We simplified the application process to expedite handling.
We shared the agenda beforehand to expedite the meeting.
I changed the order to priority shipping to expedite delivery.