exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
sampling food; tasting; trying
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
cut; reduction; curtailment
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
finger flick to the forehead
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
the place for; the time for; the level of
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
construction (building) costs
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
in the background; not standing out
reaching the winning post; reaching the finish; making the goal; getting married
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty