toning down; calming down; slowing down; mollification
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
airmail; air mail; air service; air transport (of goods)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
business discussion; negotiation
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like