Translation guide
How to express 'speeding up' in Japanese, covering physical acceleration, increasing pace, and making processes faster.
To go faster, accelerate a vehicle or moving object.
General term for accelerating, used for vehicles, machines, and abstract things like economic growth.
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.
To promote, accelerate (often used in formal contexts like business or policy).
To walk or run faster.
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.
advance the departure
increase speed
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.
仕事を急いでください。
Please hurry up with the work.
Let's work a bit faster.
The government is speeding up reforms.
He quickened his pace toward the station.
駆け足で集合！
Gather at a run!