促す | Japanese meaning

促す【うながす】

Frequency rank: 1,807.

Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb

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

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

Example sentences

9 results

1. 。

The president urged employees to act on their initiative.

2. 。

He urged her to drive carefully.

3. 。

The teacher urged the students to answer more clearly.

4. 。

The policeman called our attention to the danger of pickpockets.

5. よう。

The doctor urged the patient to stop smoking.

7. たとえばタトエバ・、ようだろう。

One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages.

8. 、よう、。

She prodded him to work harder.

9. とむトム、。

Tom suggested we leave before it got dark.

Frequency rank: 1,807.

Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb

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