Shingeki

進撃

しんげき

literallyadvance

The Attack Titan's name, and the word in the series title.

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The same characters show up in everyday Japanese. This is where one anime word turns into ten real ones.

進
  • 推進すいしんpropulsion
  • 進出しんしゅつadvance
  • 先進国せんしんこくdeveloped country
  • 進展しんてんprogress
  • 促進そくしんpromotion
撃
  • 攻撃こうげきattack
  • 打撃だげきblow
  • 衝撃しょうげきimpact
  • 爆撃ばくげきbombing
  • 反撃はんげきcounterattack

進・撃 — every one of these is a square on the grid of 2,136 jōyō kanji. Three a day, quizzed through real words.

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