進展|しんてんshinten[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbprogress; development
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 進展する(しんてんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 進展します(しんてんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 進展しない(しんてんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 進展しません(しんてんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 進展せず・進展せぬ(しんてんせず・しんてんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 進展した(しんてんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 進展しました(しんてんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 進展しなかった(しんてんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 進展しませんでした(しんてんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 進展して(しんてんして) |
| Potential | 進展できる(しんてんできる) |
| Passive | 進展される(しんてんされる) |
| Causative | 進展させる(しんてんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 進展させられる(しんてんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 進展すれば(しんてんすれば) |
| tara | 進展したら(しんてんしたら) |
| Volitional | 進展しよう(しんてんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 進展しましょう(しんてんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 進展しろ(しんてんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym進歩しんぽNeutralProgress in technology or society; 「進展」 is about a matter or negotiation moving forward.
- Synonym前進ぜんしんNeutralMoving forward physically, or figuratively making headway; 「進展」 focuses on a matter moving along.
- Synonym進捗しんちょくNeutralThe progress of work or a project; frequent in workplace speech, as in 「進捗はどうですか」. 「進展」 is about how a situation develops.
- Synonym進みすすみNeutralA plain noun for how far along something is; 「進展」 leans toward written style.
- Synonym展開てんかいNeutralHow a plot or situation unfolds, as in 「意外な展開」; 「進展」 stresses forward movement.
- Synonym発展はってんNeutralGrowing and expanding in scale; 「進展」 is about a concrete situation advancing.
- Synonym発達はったつNeutralGrowth of the body or of technology, also a typhoon strengthening; 「進展」 is about a situation moving ahead.
- Related向上こうじょうNeutralRaising one's level or standard; 「進展」 is about a matter moving ahead.
- RelatedかいぜんNeutralFixing what is bad and making it better; 「進展」 is about a matter moving forward.
- Related進行しんこうNeutralSomething proceeding or an agenda moving along, also the course of a disease; 「進展」 stresses gaining ground.
- Related改良かいりょうNeutralImproving a product or breed; 「進展」 is about a situation advancing.
- Related増進ぞうしんWrittenWritten/formal prose for building up health, appetite and the like; 「進展」 is about a situation moving ahead.
- Related伸びるのびるNeutralSaid of results, sales or performance growing; 「進展」 is about a matter moving forward.
- Related上達じょうたつNeutralGetting better at a skill; 「進展」 is about a matter advancing.
- Related進化しんかNeutralBiological evolution, or figuratively the upgrading of technology; 「進展」 is about a matter moving forward.
- Antonym停滞ていたいNeutralAntonym on whether things move at all: being stalled and making no headway.
- Antonym後退こうたいNeutralAntonym in terms of advance and retreat: falling back or going backwards.
Use 「進展」 for a matter such as negotiations or an investigation moving forward. For the progress of work or a project pick 「進捗」; for progress in technology or society 「進歩」; for how a plot or situation unfolds 「展開」; for growth and expansion 「発展」. The antonyms are 「停滞」 (stalled) and 「後退」 (falling back).
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