進む

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

Pronunciation

Verb

進む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana すすむ, rōmaji susumu)

Japanese verb pair
active 進める
mediopassive 進む
  1. to go forward, to advance, to progress
    前 (まえ)へ進 (すす)む
    mae e susumu
    to march forward
    こちらへお進 (すす)みください
    kochira e o-susumi-kudasai
    please proceed [towards] here
    • From the Emacs tutorial (English)
      では C-v （次 (つぎ)の画 (が)面 (めん)を見 (み)る）をタイプして次 (つぎ)の画 (が)面 (めん)に進 (すす)んで下 (くだ)さい。（さあ、やってみましょう。コントロールキーを押 (お)しながら v です）
      De wa C-v (tsugi no gamen o miru) o taipu shite tsugi no gamen ni susunde kudasai. (Sā, yattemimashō. Kontorōrukī o oshinagara v desu)
      Now type C-v (View next screen) to move to the next screen. (go ahead, do it by depressing the control key and v together)
  2. to improve, to progress

Conjugation
Conjugation of "進む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 進ま すすま susuma
Continuative (連用形) 進み すすみ susumi
Terminal (終止形) 進む すすむ susumu
Attributive (連体形) 進む すすむ susumu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 進め すすめ susume
Imperative (命令形) 進め すすめ susume
Key constructions
Passive 進まれる すすまれる susumareru
Causative 進ませる
進ます		 すすませる
すすます		 susumaseru
susumasu
Potential 進める すすめる susumeru
Volitional 進もう すすもう susumō
Negative 進まない すすまない susumanai
Negative continuative 進まず すすまず susumazu
Formal 進みます すすみます susumimasu
Perfective 進んだ すすんだ susunda
Conjunctive 進んで すすんで susunde
Hypothetical conditional 進めば すすめば susumeba
Classical conjugation of "進む" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 進ますすまsusuma
Continuative (連用形) 進みすすみsusumi
Terminal (終止形) 進むすすむsusumu
Attributive (連体形) 進むすすむsusumu
Realis (已然形) 進めすすめsusume
Imperative (命令形) 進めすすめsusume
Key constructions
Negative 進まずすすまずsusumazu
Contrasting conjunction 進めどすすめどsusumedo
Causal conjunction 進めばすすめばsusumeba
Conditional conjunction 進まばすすまばsusumaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 進みきすすみきsusumiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 進みけりすすみけりsusumikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 進みつすすみつsusumitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 進みぬすすみぬsusuminu
Perfect-continuative tense 進めり
進みたり		すすめり
すすみたり		susumeri
susumitari

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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