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Lets say you ask someone 元気, and they reply 元気, but their facial expression
and body language says somethings wrong. In this scenario what would the
Japanese equivalent be to asking "Are you sure?" or "Is something bothering
you?"?

Also, someone told me Japanese speakers would respond in a less contextually
generic way to things like this, with things like physical injury, romantic
injury, etc. getting a different response. Is this true? And if so, could
someone elaborate on it for me?
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How do you say "Are you sure?"
Accordint to your situaion.

> A: 元気？ How are you?  
>  B: 元気（だよ）！ I'm fine!  
>  But A feels B looks like having blues.

I'm not sure but in this situation, can A ask B "Are you sure?" ? in English.
If B is down on the floor saying "I'm fine!", I'll ask B "Are you sure?"

If B just looks having blues saying "I'm fine!", I'd like to say "Really but
you looks out of sprits," "そう？本当に元気？元気じゃないみたいに見えるけど・・・"

If B is your intimate friend, B tells the full story, but if you are just one
of acquaintances, B don't want to tell much. I think it doesn't depend on the
nationality.
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> In this scenario what would the Japanese equivalent be to asking "Are you
> sure?" or "Is something bothering you?"?

I would say:

> 「ホントに？」 (Are you sure? / Really?)  
>  「ホントに大丈夫？」 (Are you sure you're okay?)  
>  「どうかしたの？」 (Is something bothering you? / Is there something wrong?)  
>  「どうしたの？」 (What's wrong?)

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> Japanese speakers would respond in a less contextually generic way to things
> like this, with things like physical injury, romantic injury, etc. getting a
> different response. Is this true?

I would respond the same way (like 「ホントに(大丈夫)？」「どう(か)したの？」 ) in either
situation.
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