(かそく)

かそく
noun, suru verb
acceleration
1. acceleration; speeding up
The process of increasing speed or the rate at which something happens. Used both literally for physical motion and figuratively for processes.
(くるま)加速(かそく)すごい
This car has amazing acceleration.
Reform is accelerating.
[Note: Figurative usage]
I stepped on the accelerator and sped up.

PHYSICS:

  • 加速度(かそくど) (acceleration - physics term)
  • (とう)加速度(かそくど)運動(うんどう) (uniform acceleration)
  • 加速器(かそくき) (accelerator - particle physics)

PATTERNS:

  • 加速(かそく)する (to accelerate)
  • 加速(かそく)させる (to cause to accelerate)
  • 加速(かそく)()く (to pick up speed)

FIGURATIVE USE:

  • 改革(かいかく)加速(かそく)する (to accelerate reform)
  • 成長(せいちょう)加速(かそく)する (growth accelerates)
  • 少子化(しょうしか)加速(かそく) (acceleration of declining birthrate)

ANTONYM:

  • 減速(げんそく) (deceleration, slowing down)