where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
several hundred; hundreds (of)
garden; orchard; park; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
chilly feeling after a bath
to yield to temptation; to succumb
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave)
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
user; end-user; consumer; patron; customer; client
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
delay; putting off; procrastination
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all