(しんちょく)

しんちょく
noun, suru-verb
progress; advancement
1. progress; advancement; headway
The progress or advancement of work, projects, or tasks. Commonly used in business and project management contexts.
プロジェクトの進捗(しんちょく)状況(じょうきょう)報告(ほうこく)してください。
Please report on the project's progress.
作業(さぎょう)順調(じゅんちょう)進捗(しんちょく)している。
The work is progressing smoothly.
進捗(しんちょく)(おく)れている。
Progress is delayed.

WORD FORMATION:
(すす)む (to advance) + (ちょく) (to make progress)
Note: (ちょく) is rarely used alone and mainly appears in this word.

USAGE AS VERB:

進捗(しんちょく)する - to progress, to make headway

  • 工事(こうじ)進捗(しんちょく)する (construction progresses)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 進捗(しんちょく)状況(じょうきょう) (progress status)
  • 進捗(しんちょく)報告(ほうこく) (progress report)
  • 進捗(しんちょく)管理(かんり) (progress management)
  • 進捗(しんちょく)(おく)れる (progress is delayed)
  • 進捗(しんちょく)確認(かくにん)する (to check progress)

REGISTER:
Formal/business. Very common in workplace communication.

ALTERNATIVE READING:
Sometimes informally read as しんぽ in casual speech, but しんちょく is the standard reading.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 進行(しんこう) - progression (more general)
  • 前進(ぜんしん) - forward movement
  • 進展(しんてん) - development, progress