進める

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
進
すす
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Cognate with Japanese 勧 (すす)める (susumeru) and 薦 (すす)める (susumeru).

Pronunciation

Verb

進める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana すすめる, rōmaji susumeru)

Japanese verb pair
active 進める
mediopassive 進む
  1. promote, pursue, move forward with, advance
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa" by User:Lombroso:
      もちろんその際 (さい)には、謙 (けん)虚 (きょ)に進 (すす)める必要 (ひつよう)がある。
      Mochiron sono sai ni wa, kenkyo ni susumeru hitsuyō ga aru.
      Of course, as we do, we must proceed with a sense of humility.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "進める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 進め すすめ susume
Continuative (連用形) 進め すすめ susume
Terminal (終止形) 進める すすめる susumeru
Attributive (連体形) 進める すすめる susumeru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 進めれ すすめれ susumere
Imperative (命令形) 進めよ¹
進めろ²		 すすめよ¹
すすめろ²		 susumeyo¹
susumero²
Key constructions
Passive 進められる すすめられる susumerareru
Causative 進めさせる
進めさす		 すすめさせる
すすめさす		 susumesaseru
susumesasu
Potential 進められる
進めれる³		 すすめられる
すすめれる³		 susumerareru
susumereru³
Volitional 進めよう すすめよう susumeyō
Negative 進めない
進めぬ
進めん		 すすめない
すすめぬ
すすめん		 susumenai
susumenu
susumen
Negative continuative 進めず すすめず susumezu
Formal 進めます すすめます susumemasu
Perfective 進めた すすめた susumeta
Conjunctive 進めて すすめて susumete
Hypothetical conditional 進めれば すすめれば susumereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Classical conjugation of "進む" (マ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 進めすすめsusume
Continuative (連用形) 進めすすめsusume
Terminal (終止形) 進むすすむsusumu
Attributive (連体形) 進むるすすむるsusumuru
Realis (已然形) 進むれすすむれsusumure
Imperative (命令形) 進めよすすめよsusumeyo
Key constructions
Negative 進めずすすめずsusumezu
Contrasting conjunction 進むれどすすむれどsusumuredo
Causal conjunction 進むればすすむればsusumureba
Conditional conjunction 進めばすすめばsusumeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 進めきすすめきsusumeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 進めけりすすめけりsusumekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 進めつすすめつsusumetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 進めぬすすめぬsusumenu
Perfect-continuative tense 進めたりすすめたりsusumetari

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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