repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
fortress; stronghold; citadel
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to need; to call for; to require
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
offensive camp; team at bat
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back