進展|しんてんshinten[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbprogress; development
    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.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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).

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 事態じたいが進行しんこうし局面きょくめんが展開てんかいすること。
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