putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
to cause someone to worry
entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (at a location); sum of money
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
slight; light; mild (disability, symptoms, etc.)
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
to be ill; to suffer from
mass communication; mass media
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
critical; judgmental; censorious; negative
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
all-night vigil over a body; wake
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
as if it were about oneself
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
(within) basic fare (of a taxi meter, without being charged for mileage)
(writing, painting) brush
superior; excellent; fine
to have good things happen to one; to have luck smile on one
to regard someone with odium; to look at someone with reproach
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly