北ほく進しん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

proceeding north; advancing northward

Often used in military, historical, or strategic contexts (e.g., 北進論, the northward expansion doctrine). Also used for general northward movement.

See also: 南進

• 台たい風ふうは北ほく進しんを続つづけている。

  The typhoon continues to move north.

• 帝てい国こく陸りく軍ぐんの北ほく進しん論ろんは、ソ連れんとの衝しょう突とつを招まねいた。

  The Imperial Army's northward expansion doctrine led to a clash with the Soviet Union.