to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
expression; look; countenance; face
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
young person; youth; young
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
underworld; underside of society
professional killer; hit man
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
hostility; antagonism; opposition
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
victory stand; winners' podium
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to die by the roadside; to die a dog's death
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
social networking service; SNS; social media
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
technical score (in figure skating, etc.)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under