reward; honorarium; remuneration
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
video aimed at producing a good impression
apparent age (of someone); rough age
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
these guys; these fellows
and yet; though; when; in spite of
the same; the said; likewise
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
Bambi (1942 Disney film); Bambi
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
black market adult video; black market adult film; bootleg video
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
referral fee; introduction fee
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; overdone; over par; overexposure
wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)
Yūbari melon (sweet orange melon grown in Yūbari City, Hokkaido)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
Christmas holiday; Christmas vacation
homecoming; return to one's home
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
patting; stroking; caressing
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)