昇しょう進しん

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

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

Meanings

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

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

Refers to moving up in a professional hierarchy, typically within a company or organization. Often used with する to mean 'get promoted'.

彼かれは部ぶ長ちょうに昇しょう進しんした。
He was promoted to department manager.
昇しょう進しんのチャンスを逃のがしたくない。
I don't want to miss the chance for promotion.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が部ぶ長ちょうに昇しょう進しんするto be promoted to (a position such as) department manager
彼かれは来らい月げつ部ぶ長ちょうに昇しょう進しんする。
He will be promoted to department manager next month.
昇しょう進しんが決きまるfor a promotion to be decided/confirmed
彼かの女じょの昇しょう進しんが正せい式しきに決きまった。
Her promotion was officially confirmed.
昇しょう進しんを目め指ざすto aim for a promotion
彼かれは次つぎの昇しょう進しんを目め指ざして努ど力りょくしている。
He is working hard, aiming for his next promotion.
同どう期きより早はやく昇しょう進しんするto be promoted faster than one's peers (of the same entry year)
彼かの女じょは同どう期きより早はやく昇しょう進しんした。
She got promoted earlier than her fellow new hires.

Kanji

昇rise up
進advance, proceed, progress
陞go up, climb

Related words· 13

昇しょう格かく
昇進 is used mainly for climbing a rank at one's company or job, while 昇格 covers a broader rise in status or class, including sports leagues or titles.
出しゅっ世せN2
昇進 refers narrowly to moving up a rank at work, while 出世 more broadly means succeeding in life or one's career, often implying social recognition.
栄えい転てん
昇進 is the general word for a promotion, while 栄転 specifically means being promoted along with a transfer to a new post, often phrased as a respectful announcement.
抜ばっ擢てき
昇進 is an ordinary promotion through the normal ranks, while 抜擢 is a special selection that skips over seniority or expectations.

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進しん級きゅう
昇進 refers to promotion in a job or career, while 進級 refers specifically to advancing to the next grade in school or rank in a hierarchical system like the military.
昇しょう級きゅう
昇進 refers specifically to career/job promotion (e.g. to manager), while 昇級 is used more broadly for moving up a grade in a ranked system like belts or exam levels.
累るい進しん
昇進 is the general word for being promoted in rank or position, while 累進 stresses a gradual, step-by-step advancement or increase.
入にゅう幕まく
昇進 is the general word for being promoted (e.g. at a company), while 入幕 refers specifically to a sumo wrestler's promotion to the makuuchi division.
格かく上あげ
昇進 refers specifically to a promotion in job rank or position within an organization, whereas 格上げ can describe upgrading the status, class, or quality of people, products, or services more broadly.
浮ふ上じょう
昇進 refers strictly to a promotion in job rank, whereas 浮上 is used more broadly for moving up in any ranking or standings.
登とう用よう
昇進 focuses on someone rising in rank within an existing career track, while 登用 covers the initial act of choosing and placing a capable person into a role.
プロモーション
昇進 refers specifically to career advancement or a job promotion, whereas プロモーション can also mean a marketing campaign.
登のぼるN5
昇進する is the direct, modern verb for being promoted at work, while 登る in this sense is more formal or literary.

Opposites

降こう格かく
昇進 means moving up in rank, while 降格 means being demoted to a lower rank.

Don't confuse with

昇しょう天てん
昇進 means being promoted in rank or position, while 昇天 means ascending to heaven or dying; learners may confuse them because both start with 昇.
昇しょう給きゅう
昇給 is specifically a rise in salary, whereas 昇進 is a rise in job rank or title that may or may not come with a pay increase.
精しょう進じん
昇進 (しょうしん, promotion at work) sounds and is written almost identically to 精進 (しょうじん, devoted effort/ascetic practice) but means something entirely different.

Word family

昇しょう進しん人じん事じ
promotion; appointment to a higher position

Written forms

昇進Usage100%
- しょうしん
  Standard kanji form; high-frequency and widely used.
- しょうじん
  out-dated reading
陞進
rarely-used kanji form
- しょうしん
  Rarely used kanji form.
- しょうじん
  out-dated reading
しょうじん
out-dated reading

Etymology

Compound of 昇 (rise, ascend) and 進 (advance, progress). The reading しょうしん is the standard on'yomi combination. The rare reading しょうじん is obsolete.