しんぽ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しんぽ – see the following entries.
新甫
[noun] new futures trading on the first day the market opens on that month
進歩
[noun] progress; improvements in social welfare.
[noun] personal progress, usually in the development of a skill.
[verb] To improve (in reference to a society's technological capability or general quality of life).
[verb] To advance in proficiency; to make progress in the development of a skill.
(This term, しんぽ (shinpo), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)