parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
until now; so far; up to the present
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
failure; mistake; blunder
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
singing voice; (sound of) singing
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
yearned for; longed for; missed
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance