putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
lottery; tombola; drawing
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
even if; even though; wow
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
completely; thoroughly; exactly; precisely; comfortably; not at all
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to flare up; to burst into flames
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
graphics; graphic; graphic magazine; pictorial magazine
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern