young person; youth; young
pushing though; 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
upset victory; come-from-behind victory
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
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)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
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; emotion; interjection
hostility; antagonism; opposition
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
personal combat; one-to-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 be promoted; to add up to
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
provisional; temporary; tentative
social networking service; SNS
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
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
Euro-; euro (the currency)
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to