black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
newcomer; initiate; rookie
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
quickly; calmly; intently
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
bygones; the past; past event
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
hotel charge; lodging expense
cost of a meal (or meals)
no-bake cheesecake; gelatin cheesecake; unbaked cheesecake
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
medium (cooked, roasted, etc.); (of) middle degree; medium; intermediary substance; media
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
complete stranger; total stranger
curiosity; inquisitiveness
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy