Keyword
advance
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig603
Readings
すす
(57%)
しん
(39%)
じん
(2%)
Composed of
old bird
road
Mnemonic

The old bird continued to advance down the road. It's so old it's a little senile, so it's not afraid of no cars!

Used in vocabulary (420 in total)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
evolution; progress
to move forward; to move on
rush; charge
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
advance; moving forward; progress
progress; development
progress; advance; improvement; development
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
departure; takeoff
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to step forward; to volunteer
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
march; advance
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
march; parade
to go on reading
going straight on; going straight ahead
entry; approach; penetration
promotion (school, military, etc.)
progress; being under way
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
advance; charge
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
present continuous tense; present progressive form
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
ongoing; in progress; afoot
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
propulsive power; driving force
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
to burrow through; to dig through
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
to win and advance to the next round
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
progress
special promotion (in rank or grade)
information; making a report (to a superior)
steady advance; carrying all before one
young and energetic; up-and-coming
to carry a plan forward
contribution (to a temple, shrine, etc.); donation
attack; drive; advance; invasion
format; procedure; way of proceeding
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
promoting; increase; advance
state of progress
rushing madly ahead
guidance counseling
change of course; changing direction; shifting position (of retreating forces); retreat
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
continuing one's education into university
start; leaving; marching off
Full speed ahead!; Full steam ahead!
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
to be at a loss; to be in a corner
to have a good appetite
evolutionary theory; theory of evolution
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
change of course; route change; direction change
radical faction or group
occupation; stationing
steady progress; rapid advance
to move troops forward
rising; up-and-coming
gift; present
to eat a lot; appetizing
proceeding south
do not enter; no entry; wrong way
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks
proceeding east
proceeding west
rate of progression
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
rapid progress; radical
rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
giving; presenting
undeveloped country; third world country
continuing one's education into high school
demonstration parade
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
proceeding north
Democratic Party (formed in 2016 from the merger of the DPJ and Ishin); Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
progressive form; in progress (e.g. of a project)
to advance construction; to proceed with construction
to be at a loss; to be in a corner
palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination
evolved form; developed form
enterprising; go-ahead; progressive
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
major progress; huge advance
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
approach path (aircraft, surgery); entrance ramp (highway); on-ramp; slip road
temple solicitation book
progressive (worsening disease or condition)
program director; programme director; facilitator; steering committee (chair)
temple solicitation
accelerant; stimulant
dash; rush
(ship's) launching
chord progression
promotion department; development department; enhancement department
interference (esp. in horse racing)
to continue one's studies up to university; to go to university
staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
inventive step; invention (with respect to prior art)
purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
binary number system; base-2
launching ceremony; ceremonial ship launching
successive promotion; gradual promotion; graduated
giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the Emperor
promotion; advancement
progressive party
a question of whether or not someone should resign
to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart
entrance procession; march-in; entry parade
decimal; denary
reluctant to; not inclined to; disinclined; unwilling
dash and go; pushing forward
advance (to the next base)
rushing recklessly; presumption
base- (e.g. base-2); numeral system; counting system
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
Constitutional Reform Party (1882-1896); Reform Party (1952-1954)
allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining
dividing and advancing
day of abstinence
progress; improvement
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
gradual progress; steady advance
go ahead of
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
keeping pace with; keeping abreast of; advancing together; translation
nonpayment of tribute
progressive taxation; graduated taxation
promoter; instigator; driving force; pioneer; leader
paying tribute
progressive (enterprising) spirit
decimal classification; Dewey (decimal) classification
bringing up to date; progress
competitive exhibition; prize show
backwardness; underdevelopment
palpitations; tachycardia
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
presentation of poem (to court)
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
advanced cancer
coastline transgression
ship used by the Ryūkyū Kingdom to transport diplomatic envoys to China
fund-raising tournaments of Edo period
keeping pace with; keeping abreast of; advancing together
decimal; decimal digit; decimal number
paying a tribute; contribution; presentation of something to an aristocrat
Nippon Decimal Classification; Nippon Decimal System (of book classification)
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
to be at a loss; to be in a corner
evolutionary rate; rate of evolution
Constitutional Reform Party (1882-1896)
(number) base (e.g. 10)
continuing one's education into graduate school
gradualism; slow-and-steady policy
escapement (clock mechanism)
informal resignation; unofficial resignation
staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
giving offerings
progressive paralysis (due to neurosyphilis); general paresis
decimal; denary
binary number system; base-2
economic invasion; economic operations (in another country)
preparation; supplying; procurement
demonstration parade
deportment; behavior; carriage
informal resignation; unofficial resignation
radical political party
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
marching order; go-ahead
promotion; appointment to a more senior position
vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)
being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place
vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)
progress; advance
duodecimal system; base twelve system
New Frontier Party (defunct Japanese political party); NFP
byungjin line; North Korean policy of simultaneous development of its economy and nuclear weapons program
progress; advance
one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose
advanced cancer
creative evolution (as proposed by Henri Bergson)
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence
engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit
enterprising and daring; boldly forward-looking
tunnelling (through); excavation; drilling; boring
allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
behavior; bearing; demeanor
Beam-powered propulsion
Bataan Death March (1942)
offering a gift (to a superior)
dashing forward bravely
Japanese invasion of French Indochina (1940)
to be at a loss; to be in a corner
one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it
octal numeral system; octal notation
being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
progress; being under way
group that goes ahead of the main body
to be at a loss; to be in a corner
self-control and close application; self-denial and diligent devotion
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
conditional promotion
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
excavation (esp. of a tunnel); drivage
decimal; decimal digit; decimal number
deportment; behavior; carriage
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
octal numeral system; octal notation
voluntarily; willingly; of one's own free will
reporting after careful investigation
paedomorphosis; pedomorphosis
complimentary copy
progressive aspect
industrialized countries; industrialised countries
rapid progress; minute-by-minute progress
nucleus (of a project proposal, of a social movement, etc.)
two steps forward, one step back
molecular evolution
(study of) molecular evolution
traveling wave (travelling)
evolutionary developmental biology; evo-devo
binary arithmetic operation
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (disease of the connective tissue); FOP
bylaw or ordinance for the purpose of implementing gender equality
March on Rome (1922)
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
reporting to the emperor
palace kitchen in which final preparations to the imperial family's meals (e.g. reheating) were made (Heian period); kitchen (in a noble's manor)
Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities (1998); the NPO Law
acceleration ratio
evolutionary game theory (EGT)
neutral theory of molecular evolution
idiopathic intracranial hypertension; benign intracranial hypertension; pseudotumor cerebri
striving to adopt ascetic practices for one's whole life
translational motion; translation
traveling-wave reactor
progressive lens; multifocal lens
tofu-based mock eel dish
tofu-based mock eel dish
tofu-based mock eel dish
Nisshin Station (Saitama)
Examples (200 in total)
Now folks, let's go on.
It's ahead of schedule.
He was willing to work for others.