to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
female high school student
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
sword play; samurai drama
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
novel; story; (work of) fiction
timewise; temporal; chronal
link; linking; link; hyperlink; linking (of object files); linkage
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows