Word Meaning 匍匐前進

ほふくぜんしん hofukuzenshin

匍匐前進 is read as ほふくぜんしん (hofukuzenshin) and means crawling forward (on one's stomach).

Meaning

English

  1. crawling forward (on one's stomach)

Reading

Kana

ほふくぜんしん

Romaji

hofukuzenshin

Writing Variants

  • ほふく前進 ほふくぜんしん hofukuzenshin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 144117 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

匍匐茎

ほふくけい

stolon

前進

ぜんしん

advance

前進基地

ぜんしんきち

advance base

前進部隊

ぜんしんぶたい

advance troops

前進的論証

ぜんしんてきろんしょう

progressive probation

前進回復

ぜんしんかいふく

forward recovery

前進力

ぜんしんりょく

driving power

前進角

ぜんしんかく

angle of advance

前に進む

まえにすすむ

to move forward

前進運動

ぜんしんうんどう

forward motion

前進軸

ぜんしんじく

axis of advance

精進

そうじ

adherence to a vegetarian diet

Example Sentences

1

くんれんではほふくぜんしんをくりかえした。

In training, they repeatedly practiced crawling forward.