進歩
しんぽ · shinpo · JLPT N3 · noun
progress
📈 進歩 = advance (進) + step (歩): moving forward step by step
進 means to advance or move forward, and 歩 means a step or walking. Together they say progress is made one step at a time. The reading shinpo joins shin (進) with ho (歩), which hardens to po after the n sound.