to move forward; to move on
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
pensive; meditative; wistful
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
tool; implement; means; furniture
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
stereotyped; patterned; typical
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
pupil; student; schoolchild
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)