ken, a game played with the hands; a game of hands; in Italian, mor(r)a, a game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.

lack, shortage / to be absent / vacancy

alive / lively / (of a machine or device) on; active; in operation

(martial arts) tai chi

a prefecture in the 中部 (Chūbu) region of Japan facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 福井 (Fukui)

a piece of research, a study, investigation

(Roman mythology) Alternative form of ケンタウロス (kentaurosu, “centaur”)

(computing) information retrieval

to not waste money; thrift, frugality

a research student (i.e. a visiting or non-matriculating graduate student) / a researcher