| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 促進 | そくしん | promotion, acceleration, encouragement, facilitation, spurring on |
| 促す | うながす | to urge, to press, to prompt, to suggest, to demand, to stimulate, to quicken, to incite, to invite (attention to) |
| 催促 | さいそく | request, demand, claim, urge (action), press for |
| 督促 | とくそく | urge, demand, importunity |
| あく促 | あくせく | fussily, busily, sedulously, worrying about (small things) |
| 催促状 | さいそくじょう | dun, letter requesting money, etc. |
| 促音 | そくおん | assimilated sound (small "tsu" in Japanese), geminate consonant |
| 促進剤 | そくしんざい | accelerant, stimulant |
| 促成 | そくせい | promotion of growth |
| 促成栽培 | そくせいさいばい | raising out-of-season crops with artificial heat |