exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
attendance; presence; appearance
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
(talking in a) half-joking manner
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
together with; same; both; all; including ...
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
waiting room; duty room; standby room
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to commit a crime; to do evil