fake confession of love (a prank among Japanese middle-schoolers)

to tell a lie

(Internet slang) person who posts a made-up story to SNS as a true story

crocodile tears, faking crying

Synonym of 黄昏 (tasogare, “dusk; twilight”) / Synonym of 黄昏時 (tasogaredoki, “dusk; twilight”)

nothing but lies; full of lies

lie detector, polygraph

many a true word is spoken in jest; words spoken in jest may come true (often by accident)

(Buddhism) think on the power of Kannon

(literally) know the other side and yourself, a hundred battles will not be perilous