Translation guide
How to express 'speeding up' in Japanese, covering physical acceleration, increasing pace, and making processes faster.
The car suddenly sped up.
The economic recovery is speeding up.
Literally 'raise the speed', a common phrase for increasing speed.
Please speed up a little more.
More formal or literary way to say 'increase speed'.
The train gradually picked up speed.
To hurry up a task, make something proceed more quickly.
Transitive verb meaning to hasten or advance something. Often used for schedules, processes, or actions.
Let's move up the departure time.
To hurry, rush. Intransitive, but can be used with a task as the object marked by を.
Literally 'raise the tempo', used for work pace, music, or rhythm.
Let's work a bit faster.
To promote, accelerate (often used in formal contexts like business or policy).
The government is speeding up reforms.
To walk or run faster.
To increase walking speed.
I was going to be late, so I sped up my walking.
Literally 'quicken one's feet', a natural way to say walk faster.
He quickened his pace toward the station.
Double-time, trot; often used in commands or descriptions of moving quickly.
To increase playback speed.
早める (はやめる) means to make something happen earlier (time), while 速める (はやめる) means to increase speed. However, in many contexts, 早める is used for both, especially in casual writing.
スピードアップ is a loanword often used in business or technical contexts, but it can sound unnatural in daily conversation. Use native Japanese expressions like 早める or 加速する instead.
Please speed up the work pace.
Please hurry up with the work.
駆け足で集合！
Gather at a run!