Illustration: On the first morning of a new school year, returning pupils move together along a Japanese elementary-school corridor into a classroom with slightly larger desks. Their previous classroom is visible through its open doorway behind them, where a younger group is settling into the smaller desks.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

進しん級きゅう

shinkyuu

to advance to a higher grade

Example sentences

  1. この間所属かんしょぞくが第だい2中隊ちゅうたい、第だい1中隊ちゅうたいと変かわり、中尉ちゅういに進級しんきゅうした。

    Meanwhile, he was transferred from the 2nd Company to the 1st Company, and advanced to lieutenant.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. また、長期ちょうきにわたって外遊がいゆうした結果けっか、単位不足たんいふそくで進級しんきゅうできず学習院大学政治学科がくしゅういんだいがくせいじがっかを中退ちゅうたい。

    Moreover, this official travel lasted for long period resulted in the shortage of credits enough to advance to a higher degree, which obliged him to drop out of the Department of Political Science of Gakushuin University.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかしこの外遊がいゆうの結果けっか、学習院大学がくしゅういんだいがくの単位たんいが不足ふそくし進級しんきゅうできず、長年ながねんの学友がくゆうたちと学年がくねんが異ことなることとなった。

    However, the above-mentioned official travel resulted in the shortage of credits enough to advance to a higher degree in Gakushuin University, which meant that he would be one year behind with his long-time schoolmates.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 進級

  • 進advance; proceedOnシンKunすすむ・すすめる
  • 級class; rankOnキュウ

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