performance fee (for an actor, singer, etc.); appearance fee
amber; bright golden yellow
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
jellied dessert (e.g. yōkan); sweets with a high moisture content; fruit
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
reasonable (price, fee, fare, rate, etc.); reasonably priced; affordable; reasonable (judgment, policy, response, etc.); appropriate; sensible
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
first match (in a series)
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
as soon as possible; ASAP
opinion; intention; thought
during a telephone call; busy line
walking heavily; lumbering
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
(battery) charger; AC adapter
telephone bill; telephone rate
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina