putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
supernatural power; divine power; magical power
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to mistake (A for B); to misread
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
posing a question; question
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
table tennis table; ping-pong table
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
good performance; good work; great success
environment; circumstance
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
vertical line; bar line (e.g. in music)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
early (days); initial stage; initial
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to paint in different colors (for different purposes) (colours)
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides