促そく進しん

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促進する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	促そく進しんする	促そく進しんしない
Polite	促そく進しんします	促そく進しんしません
Past polite	促そく進しんしました	促そく進しんしませんでした
Past	促そく進しんした	促そく進しんしなかった
Te-form	促そく進しんして	促そく進しんしないで
Desire	促そく進しんしたい	促そく進しんしたくない
Potential	促そく進しんできる	促そく進しんできない
Passive	促そく進しんされる	促そく進しんされない
Causative	促そく進しんさせる	促そく進しんさせない
Causative passive	促そく進しんさせられる	促そく進しんさせられない
Volitional	促そく進しんしよう
Polite volitional	促そく進しんしましょう
Imperative	促そく進しんしろ	促そく進しんするな
Conditional	促そく進しんすれば	促そく進しんしなければ
Tara conditional	促そく進しんしたら	促そく進しんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation

Used for actively pushing forward a process, plan, growth, or improvement. Common in business, policy, and formal contexts.

政せい府ふは経けい済ざい成せい長ちょうを促そく進しんする政せい策さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The government announced policies to promote economic growth.
この薬くすりは傷きずの治なおりを促そく進しんします。
This medicine accelerates wound healing.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を促そく進しんするto promote/facilitate something
政せい府ふは経けい済ざい成せい長ちょうを促そく進しんする政せい策さくを実じっ施しした。
The government implemented policies to promote economic growth.
血けっ行こうを促そく進しんするto promote/improve blood circulation
この運うん動どうは血けっ行こうを促そく進しんする効こう果かがある。
This exercise has the effect of promoting blood circulation.
消しょう化かを促そく進しんするto promote/aid digestion
食しょく後ごのこの飲のみ物ものは消しょう化かを促そく進しんする。
This drink after a meal aids digestion.

Kanji

促stimulate, urge, press
進advance, proceed, progress

Related words· 11

推すい進しんN1
推進 emphasizes driving something forward with momentum, often for projects or movements, while 促進 focuses on stimulating or speeding up a process.
助じょ長ちょう
助長 often carries a negative nuance of fostering something undesirable, while 促進 is neutral or positive.
加か速そくN2
加速 specifically means speeding up something already in motion, while 促進 more broadly means encouraging or facilitating a process's progress.
奨しょう励れいN1
奨励 means to encourage or recommend an action, usually directed at people, while 促進 refers to advancing a process or outcome itself.

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促そく成せいN1
促進 refers to promoting or accelerating a process in general (e.g. economic growth), while 促成 specifically means artificially hastening the growth of plants or living things.
振しん興こうN1
促進 stresses speeding up or accelerating a process, while 振興 focuses on nurturing and revitalizing something (like an industry or region) over time.
進すすめるN3
促進する is a more formal, technical word for accelerating a process, while 進める is the everyday word used for work, plans, and discussions.
拍はく車しゃをかけるN1
促進する is a formal, direct verb meaning to promote or accelerate something, while 拍車をかける is an idiomatic expression that adds a nuance of giving extra momentum.
増ぞう進しんN1
促進 means to speed up or stimulate a process (e.g. economic growth), while 増進 refers to gradually enhancing or increasing something beneficial over time.
促うながすN1
促進する is a more formal, technical word for accelerating a process (e.g. economic growth), while 促す can be used in both everyday and formal contexts.
拍はく車しゃ
促進 refers to deliberate, steady promotion of something, whereas 拍車 evokes a sudden, dramatic acceleration like spurring a horse.

Opposites· 5

抑よく制せいN1
抑制 means to suppress or hold back a process, the opposite of 促進's meaning of encouraging or accelerating it.
阻そ害がい
促進 means to promote or accelerate something, the direct opposite of 阻害, which means to hinder or block it.
抑よく止しN1
抑止 means to deter or hold something back, while 促進 means to actively promote or encourage it to happen.

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妨さまたげ
促進 means 'promotion' or 'acceleration' of something, the opposite of 妨げ, which slows or blocks it.
阻そ止しN1
促進 means to promote or encourage progress, the opposite of 阻止, which means to block or stop it.

Don't confuse with

増ぞう進しんN1
増進 means to increase or enhance something like health or appetite, while 促進 means to actively speed up or facilitate a process, and the two are easily confused in phrases like 健康増進 vs 健康促進.

Word family· 8

促そく進しん剤ざい
accelerant; stimulant; promoter
促そく進しん率りつ
acceleration ratio
促そく進しん薬やく
accelerant; stimulating agent; accelerating agent
入にゅう力りょく促そく進しん
input prompt
成せい長ちょう促そく進しん
growth promotion; growth promotant

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販はん売ばい促そく進しん
sales promotion
勤きん労ろう者しゃ財ざい産さん形けい成せい促そく進しん
workers' asset formation promotion
赤せっ血けっ球きゅう生せい成せい促そく進しん因いん子し
erythropoietin; EPO

Etymology

Compound of 促 (そく, 'urge, stimulate') and 進 (しん, 'advance, progress'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally conveys 'promoting advancement'.