匍匐前進

ほふくぜんしん

crawling forward (on one's stomach)

Also written ほふく前進

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
crawling forward (on one's stomach)Four-character idiom

「足あし挫いてて歩けないだろ？」「いえっ、平気へいきです！匍匐前進ほふくぜんしんだったら進すすめます！」

"You've sprained your ankle and can't walk can you?" "No, I'm fine! I can move forward at a crawl!"
我々われわれは敵軍てきぐんに向むかってほふく前進ぜんしんした。

We crept toward the enemy.
ほふく前進ぜんしんはもっと素早すばやくゴキブリのように這はえ！

Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!
日本にほんのどこに体育たいいくでほふく前進ぜんしんやらせる学校がっこうがあるんだよ。

Where in all Japan is there a school that has 'advance at the crawl' in P.E.?!