to try, attempt / to taste, sample

failure, miscarriage / mistake, fault, error

fail / make a mistake

Extended shinjitai form of 搔: to scratch; to make noise

snatching, stealing in plain view

steal, snatch

end; conclusion; finish / death; collapse; fall

end, conclusion / end-of-life, death

to end, to finish, to quit / to be in a hopeless position

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend