stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
discouragement; disappointment
passing through; through passage
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
dispiritedness; dejection; languor; going flat (of a carbonated drink, beer, etc.)
slipping one's bonds; escaping; flight
having missing teeth; toothlessness
breaking one's ties (with); breaking off (from); pulling out (of); geisha, prostitute, etc. absconding without repaying indenture loans
smuggling (during the Edo period); contraband
refinement; style; sophistication
slipping out the back way with swindled goods
air of (deliberate) imperfection (esp. in make-up)
leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while; camera focusing error (on a space between two objects)
pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)
(state of) having got rid of something (e.g. bad taste)
forgetfulness; leaving things unfinished
selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market
pixel defect (on an LCD display, e.g. dead pixel)
outstandingly; by far; far and away; by a long shot; head and shoulders above the rest
missing important things here and there; full of gaps
(a part of the source text) being left untranslated; being left out of the translation; omission from a translation
pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)
scoring combination in a dealt hand that becomes worth more at the end of the game if the player's total score is above 88