The Edokko has some bravado in his composition―has some dash in him.
江戸っ子は勇み肌がある - 斎藤和英大辞典
It's mere bravado. Actually, he's not confident at all.
あれは単なる空威張りさ. 本当は自信がないんだ. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
I quit the job with bravado, but immediately fell into difficulties.
威勢よく辞職したがたちまち困難に直面した. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
I can not, even out of bravado, do that.
そんなことは痩我慢にもできない - 斎藤和英大辞典
True bravery is quite another thing from bravado. 本当の自信と空威張りは別問題だ。 - Tatoeba例文
True bravery is quite another thing from bravado.
本当の自信と空威張りは別問題だ。 - Tanaka Corpus
Nobunaga spread the rumor that his army was weak in defiance of his usual tactics in which he made his army appear stronger than it was with a show of bravado.
信長は、本来であれば虚勢を張ったりして自軍を強く見せるのが戦の常であるにも関わらず、逆に弱いと吹聴して回ったとされる。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス