no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
Uninterruptible Power Supply; UPS
ranchu; variety of goldfish
nameko (var. of mushroom) (Pholiota nameko)
line drive shot; line-drive bullet; scorcher
rear naked choke; sleeper hold; bare hand strangle
Lyons; Lions (baseball team)
tuning (e.g. a radio, a television); channel selection
foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm
number display; caller ID (on telephones)
bebop (1940s popular music)
related equipment; related device
scenography; scenic design; set design; stage design
anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story
mushroom cut; bowl cut; moptop
hitting left-handed (with a racket, bat, etc.); hitting to left (field)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
pro baseball team; professional baseball team