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
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)
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)
bookmaker; bookie; trader performing (stock market) bucketing; bucket shop
fruit bat (Pteropodidae spp.); flying fox; megabat
bebop (1940s popular music)
related equipment; related device
law-evading drug (e.g. amyl nitrates, MiPT); quasi-legal drug; designer drug
purchasing plan; acquisition plan
internal maneuvering; secret maneuvering (within an organization); reconciling the various views within an organization before airing something in public
anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story
electric wheelchair; powered wheelchair; powerchair; motorized wheelchair