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.
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.
手続きを円滑にするために、書類を事前に準備した。
We prepared the documents in advance to expedite the procedure.
To arrange for faster delivery of goods or documents.
To send by express mail. The standard way to expedite postal items.
この書類を速達で送ってください。
Please expedite this document by express mail.
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 need to expedite our departure.
To promote or accelerate progress, often used in formal or business contexts for projects, growth, or reforms.
プロジェクトの進行を促進するために、追加のリソースを割り当てた。
We allocated extra resources to expedite the project's progress.
To hurry or rush something. More casual and direct; implies urgency.
手続きを急いでください。
Please expedite the procedure.
Formal term meaning to make something faster, often used in business or technical contexts for processes or operations.
業務の迅速化を図る。
We aim to expedite business operations.
To simplify procedures, thereby expediting them. Common in administrative contexts.
申請手続きを簡素化して、処理を早めた。
We simplified the application process to expedite handling.
Pattern meaning to move something forward smoothly; implies expediting by removing friction.
会議をスムーズに進めるために、事前に議題を共有した。
We shared the agenda beforehand to expedite the meeting.
To use priority shipping. Common in e-commerce and logistics.
注文を優先配送に変更して、早く届くようにした。
I changed the order to priority shipping to expedite delivery.