進む

Meaning

1. v5mvi
   to advance; to go forward
2. v5mvi
   to precede; to go ahead (of)
3. v5mvi
   to make progress; to improve
4. v5mvi
   to deepen; to heighten
5. v5mvi
   to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead
6. v5mvi
   to do of one's own free will

Example sentences

• ジブの裏帆とラダーを使って、バックしながら船首を進みたい方向に向けました。

  Using the rudder and the jib with the wind behind it we backed up, turning the bow to the direction we wanted to go.

• ヤンマがすいすいと水の上を進んでいた。

  The dragonfly was skimming across the water.

• 私はもっと敵の抵抗があると踏んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢に進むほど敵が減ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思わないかしら？

  I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?