counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
accountability; being held accountable
to becalm one's feelings; to compose oneself
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
conventional; commonplace; trite; hackneyed
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
good person; good guy; character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to grow up; to become an adult
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
in succession; one after another
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
communication skills; communication ability
what people say; rumours; public opinion
coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)
great vigor; tremendous energy; (lit.) forceful enough to knock down birds in flight
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
document (of proof); certificate; paper; bond; deed
discretion; judgement; judgment
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.); shed; carbarn
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off