Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 進学する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 進しん 学がく する 進しん 学がく しない Polite 進しん 学がく します 進しん 学がく しません Past polite 進しん 学がく しました 進しん 学がく しませんでした Past 進しん 学がく した 進しん 学がく しなかった Te-form 進しん 学がく して 進しん 学がく しないで Desire 進しん 学がく したい 進しん 学がく したくない Potential 進しん 学がく できる 進しん 学がく できない Passive 進しん 学がく される 進しん 学がく されない Causative 進しん 学がく させる 進しん 学がく させない Causative passive 進しん 学がく させられる 進しん 学がく させられない Volitional 進しん 学がく しよう Polite volitional 進しん 学がく しましょう Imperative 進しん 学がく しろ 進しん 学がく するな Conditional 進しん 学がく すれば 進しん 学がく しなければ Tara conditional 進しん 学がく したら 進しん 学がく しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 進しん 学がく する to advance/go on to (a school)
She went on to a prestigious university.
進しん 学がく を 希き 望ぼう する to wish/hope to go on to higher education
Many students hope to go on to university.
進しん 学がく 率りつ が 上あ がる ／ 下さ がる the rate of advancing to higher education rises/falls
In this area, the university enrollment rate has been rising year by year.
進しん 学がく を 目め 指ざ す to aim to advance to (a school)
He is studying with the aim of getting into a top university.
Kanji 進 advance, proceed, progress 学 study, learning, science Related words 進学 means moving up to a higher-level school (e.g. middle school to high school), while 進級 means being promoted to the next grade within the same school.
進学 is the general term for advancing to any higher level of schooling, while 大学進学 specifically means advancing to university.
入学 focuses on the act of entering a specific school, while 進学 emphasizes advancing to a higher stage of education (e.g. from middle school to high school).
Don't confuse with 入学 focuses on the moment of entering a school, whereas 進学 emphasizes the progression from one educational stage to the next, so they overlap but aren't interchangeable.
神学 (theology) and 進学 (advancing to a higher level of schooling) are unrelated words that happen to share the same reading しんがく .
進学 specifically means advancing to a higher school or university, while 進路 is the broader term covering any post-graduation direction, including employment or further study.
Word family· 7 prep school; college-prep school; school with high university entrance rate · school with high rate of graduates entering university or junior college
rate of advancement to higher education
cram school; prep school
going on to university; advancing to university
advancing to high school; continuing on to high school
Show 2 more Show fewer advancing to graduate school; continuing to graduate studies
academic aptitude test (Japan, 1948–1954)
Etymology Compound of 進 (advance) and 学 (learning/education). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in modern Japanese to describe educational progression.
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