促す
うながす
to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-su), Transitive
to urge; to encourage; to press; to prompt; to draw (attention to)- to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken; to accelerate; to promote
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 促すうながす | 促しますうながします |
| Negative | 促さないうながさない | 促しませんうながしません |
| Past | 促したうながした | 促しましたうながしました |
| Past negative | 促さなかったうながさなかった | 促しませんでしたうながしませんでした |
| Te-form | 促してうながして |
|---|---|
| Potential | 促せるうながせる |
| Passive | 促されるうながされる |
| Causative | 促させるうながさせる |
| Volitional | 促そううながそう |
| Imperative | 促せうながせ |
| Conditional (ば) | 促せばうながせば |
| Conditional (たら) | 促したらうながしたら |
Example sentences
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I was urged to self isolate at home today.
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This music helps me to fall asleep.
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The policeman called our attention to the danger of pickpockets.
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The doctor urged the patient to stop smoking.
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She prodded him to work harder.
More examples (5)
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The president urged employees to act on their initiative.
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He urged her to drive carefully.
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Tom suggested we leave before it got dark.
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The teacher urged the students to answer more clearly.
タトエバ・コーパスの間違いを減らす一つの方法は、母国語へのみ翻訳するよう促すことだろう。
One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages.