How to say "progress" in Japanese

• 推移すいいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThis is really about transition: how a situation or trend changes over time. For 'progress' in the sense of advancement it is only a marginal choice.
  企業きぎょう倒産とうさんは先月せんげつも高水準こうすいじゅんに推移すいいした。↗

  Corporate bankruptcies continued at a high level last month.
• 進歩しんぽJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbProgress as improvement: getting better at a skill, or advances in science and technology. Use it when the point is betterment compared with an earlier state.
  科学かがくの進歩しんぽは止とまることがない。↗

  Advance in science is continuous.
• 進捗しんちょくCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbProgress on work in hand: how far a task or project has got. The natural word when reporting status or asking whether work is making headway.
• 進展しんてんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbProgress in the sense of a situation, negotiation, or plan moving forward and developing. Suits affairs that advance step by step toward some outcome, such as talks or an investigation.
  その事件じけんの進展しんてんについて逐一ちくいち知しらせてください。↗

  Please keep me informed of the development of the case.
• 運びはこびCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)Seldom the word you want for plain 'progress': it really denotes the pace, flow, or carriage of how something moves along — the way an event or match unfolds — rather than advancement itself.

Use 進歩 for progress as improvement, 進捗 for how far work has got, 進展 for situations such as negotiations moving forward, while 推移 is change over time and 「運び」 is pace rather than progress.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 推移すいいtransition
• 進歩しんぽprogress
• 進捗しんちょくprogress
• 進展しんてんprogress
• 運びはこびprogress
• 前進ぜんしんadvance
• 上達じょうたつimprovement (e.g. in skill, ability)
• 成り行きなりゆきcourse (of events)
• 進みすすみprogress
• 向上こうじょうelevation
• はかprogress
• プログレスprogress
• 進度しんどprogress
• 進境しんきょうprogress
• 上進じょうしんprogress
• 進運しんうんprogress
• 途中経過とちゅうけいかprogress (report)
• 遅速ちそくspeed
• 改進かいしんbringing up to date
• ステップアップstep-up
• 進行しんこうprogress (of work, activities, etc.)
• 経過けいかprogress
• 発達はったつprogress
• 進化しんかevolution
• 歩みあゆみcourse (of history, one's life, etc.)
• 運ぶはこぶto go (well, etc.)