増ぞう進しん

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

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

Meanings

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

promotion; increase; advancement

Used for actively fostering or increasing something desirable, such as health, welfare, efficiency, or mutual understanding. Often appears in formal, policy, or self-improvement contexts.

健けん康こう増ぞう進しんのために毎まい日にち歩あるいています。
I walk every day to promote my health.
両りょう国こくの相そう互ご理り解かいの増ぞう進しんに努つとめる。
We strive to advance mutual understanding between the two countries.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を増ぞう進しんするto promote/foster (health, appetite, understanding, etc.)
適てき度どな運うん動どうは健けん康こうを増ぞう進しんする。
Moderate exercise promotes good health.
〈物もの〉が増ぞう進しんするfor something (e.g. appetite, efficiency) to increase or improve
薬くすりの副ふく作さ用ようで食しょく欲よくが増ぞう進しんした。
His appetite increased as a side effect of the medicine.

Kanji

増increase, add, augment
進advance, proceed, progress

Related words

向こう上じょうN2
増進 emphasizes actively fostering or increasing something desirable like health or welfare, while 向上 focuses on improvement in quality or skill level.
促そく進しん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.
増ぞう加かN3
増加 is a neutral term for any numerical rise, while 増進 implies a positive, purposeful increase in something desirable like health or efficiency.
増ぞう強きょうN1
増強 typically means strengthening capacity or power, such as military or physical strength, while 増進 refers more broadly to enhancing a beneficial condition or amount.

Opposites

減げん退たい
減退 means decline or weakening, such as a loss of appetite, making it the direct opposite of 増進's sense of growth or enhancement.

Don't confuse with

促そく進しん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

健けん康こう増ぞう進しん
health promotion; improvement of health
記き憶おく増ぞう進しん
hypermnesia; memory enhancement

Etymology

Compound of 増 (increase) and 進 (advance). The word is a Sino-Japanese term (kango) formed from kanji components, with no known irregular historical derivation.