Translation guide
Ways to express movement forward, advancement, or a sequence of stages in Japanese.
To describe making progress, moving forward in a task, skill, or process.
To describe a logical or ordered series of steps, events, or levels.
To refer to a chord progression or a mathematical sequence.
進歩 (shinpo) is for improvement or advancement in ability/technology. 進展 (shinten) is for developments in situations or relationships. 進行 (shinkou) is for the forward movement of a process, event, or disease.
Technological progress is fast.
彼の英語は進歩している。
His English is progressing.
Progress or development, often used for situations, negotiations, or projects.
交渉に進展があった。
There was progress in the negotiations.
Advancement, moving forward, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.
プロジェクトは前進している。
The project is moving forward.
The state or degree of progress, often used when checking how far something has come.
仕事の進み具合はどうですか。
How is the progress of the work?
Progression, advance, or the way something proceeds. Often used for events, schedules, or diseases.
会議は予定通り進行した。
The meeting proceeded as scheduled.
病気の進行を遅らせる。
Slow the progression of the disease.
Stage, phase, step. Used to break down a progression into distinct parts.
計画はいくつかの段階に分かれている。
The plan is divided into several stages.
Continuation, succession, series. Emphasizes an unbroken chain.
事件の連続に驚いた。
I was surprised by the succession of incidents.
As ~ progresses, along with ~. Shows a proportional change.
年を取るにつれて、体力が落ちる。
As you age, your physical strength declines.
Used for chord progressions in music.
この曲のコード進行は美しい。
The chord progression of this song is beautiful.
Mathematical sequence or progression.
等差数列は基本的な数列です。
An arithmetic progression is a basic sequence.