pride

帯: obi: the sash worn with a kimono

帯びる: to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.), to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission), to take on; to have a trace of, to be tinged with

尾鰭: caudal fin

大蒜: garlic

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

a sword, a katana / a scalpel, such as that used by a surgeon / a kind of bronze or copper money in ancient China, shaped a bit like a sword

(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)