tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to have a rumor circulating
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
while running; while moving; in motion
escape hatch; escape door
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
suddenly; all of a sudden
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
transport; transportation
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
(in) her way; peculiar to her
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
article to be delivered; present
person who avoids others; social outcast
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)