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How to say 'Promotion' in Japanese | 促進

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The Japanese word for Promotion is 'Sokushin', written as 促進 in Japanese.'Promotion' in hiragana is そくしん.

    word

    促進

    Meaning

    Promotion

    Reading

    そくしん

    sokushin

    Kanji

    Urge, Press Advance

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '促進 (そくしん)' means 'promotion' or 'acceleration'. It is used to describe the act of advancing or speeding up a process, development, or activity. This word is often used in contexts related to business, technology, health, and social initiatives. For example: promotion of health「健康の促進」(けんこうのそくしん). The government is promoting economic growth「政府は経済成長を促進している」(せいふはけいざいせいちょうをそくしんしている). It can also be used in a more general sense to describe the encouragement or facilitation of something, such as promoting cultural exchange「文化交流を促進する」(ぶんかこうりゅうをそくしんする).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N1

    Kanji Grade

    8

    Frequency

    3602

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 促進

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Urge, Press

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Advance

Words Related to 促進 Through the Kanji

These 2 Words contain the Kanji 促 as well.

  • word

    促す

    Meaning

    Urge

  • word

    催促

    Meaning

    Demand, Urging

Words Related to 促進 Through the Kanji

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 進 as well.

  • word

    進む

    Meaning

    Advance, Progress

  • word

    進める

    Meaning

    Advance, Proceed

  • word

    進学

    Meaning

    Advancement

  • word

    進出

    Meaning

    Advance, Expansion

  • word

    進行

    Meaning

    Advance, Progress

  • word

    進歩

    Meaning

    Progress

  • word

    前進

    Meaning

    Advance

  • word

    進路

    Meaning

    Path

  • word

    推進

    Meaning

    Promotion

  • word

    先進

    Meaning

    Advancement

  • word

    進展

    Meaning

    Progress

  • word

    進化

    Meaning

    Evolution

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'Sokushin' means 'Promotion' .

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