no pain, no gain; no cross, no crown
broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles
pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them
to arrive; to reach; to adhere; to insist on; to put on; to wear
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
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
ranchu; variety of goldfish
nameko (var. of mushroom) (Pholiota nameko)
burner phone; throwaway mobile phone commonly used to conduct illegal activities
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
line drive shot; line-drive bullet; scorcher
suave; tactful; smooth; versatile; adaptable
rear naked choke; sleeper hold; bare hand strangle
Lyons; Lions (baseball team)
tuning (e.g. a radio, a television); channel selection
the power of life or death
foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm
number display; caller ID (on telephones)