進しん軍ぐん

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進軍する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to a military force moving forward, often in an organized manner. Can be used literally or figuratively for any large-scale advance.

〈場ば所しょ〉に進しん軍ぐんするto advance/march toward a place
軍ぐん隊たいは首しゅ都とに進しん軍ぐんした。
The army advanced toward the capital.
進しん軍ぐんを続つづけるto continue the advance
疲つかれていても、兵へい士したちは進しん軍ぐんを続つづけた。
Even though exhausted, the soldiers continued their advance.
進しん軍ぐんを阻そ止しするto block/stop an advance
抵てい抗こう軍ぐんは敵てきの進しん軍ぐんを阻そ止しした。
The resistance stopped the enemy's advance.

行こう軍ぐん
行軍 stresses the physical act of troops marching or traveling on foot, while 進軍 focuses on advancing forward as part of a campaign.
前ぜん進しんN3
前進 is a general word for moving forward (military or not), whereas 進軍 is specifically a military advance.
進しん撃げき
進軍 focuses on troops marching forward as a body, while 進撃 emphasizes the aggressive, attacking nature of the advance.
行こう進しんN1
進軍 is specifically a military advance toward an objective, while 行進 is the general word for organized marching of any kind.

撤てっ退たい
撤退 means to withdraw or retreat, the opposite of 進軍's forward military advance.
退たい却きゃく
退却 describes troops falling back, directly opposite to the forward movement of 進軍.

Compound of 進 (advance) and 軍 (army). The reading is on'yomi, suggesting a Sino-Japanese origin.