bottom-tier university with low entry requirements
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
extremely; very; really; super; so
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something