JLPT N4 · Verb

進む (susumu)

進む (すすむ, susumu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to advance (spatially); to go forward”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: すすむ
Romaji: susumu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to move forward · godan verb, intransitive
to precede; to go ahead (of); to be ahead (e.g. of the times); to advance (to the next stage); to move on (e.g. to the next grade) · godan verb, intransitive
to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to continue; to progress; to advance · godan verb, intransitive
to intensify; to heighten; to grow; to deepen; to worsen (e.g. of an illness) · godan verb, intransitive
to do of one's own free will; to be willing (to); to become enthusiastic · godan verb, intransitive · oft. adverbially as 進んで

Example sentences

彼は人混みをかき分けて進んだ。

He made his way through the crowd.

Tatoeba #103555

彼は１歩前へ進んだ。

He took a step forward.

Tatoeba #115212

船は目的地に向かって進んだ。

The ship proceeded to her destination.

Tatoeba #141088

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 進む

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	進む	すすむ susumu
Polite (~masu)	進みます	すすみます susumimasu
Negative	進まない	すすまない susumanai
Polite negative	進みません	すすみません susumimasen
Past	進んだ	すすんだ susunda
Polite past	進みました	すすみました susumimashita
Negative past	進まなかった	すすまなかった susumanakatta
Te-form	進んで	すすんで susunde
Potential	進める	すすめる susumeru
Passive	進まれる	すすまれる susumareru
Causative	進ませる	すすませる susumaseru
Volitional	進もう	すすもう susumou
Imperative	進め	すすめ susume
Conditional (~ba)	進めば	すすめば susumeba

Kanji in 進む

進

advance, proceed, progressシン・すす.む・すす.める · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 進む.

進学しんがくadvancing to the next stage of education進歩しんぽprogress前進ぜんしんadvance進行しんこうmoving forward (e.g. of a vehicle)進めるすすめるto advance行進こうしんmarch昇進しょうしんpromotion進化しんかevolution進出しんしゅつadvance (into a new market, industry, etc.)進呈しんていpresentation (e.g. of a gift)進展しんてんprogress推進すいしんpropulsion進みすすみprogress増進ぞうしんpromoting

Source: JMdict entry 1365980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.