to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
absurd; nonsensical; ridiculous; idiotic; laughable; ludicrous
unsupported; unfounded; nonsense
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
relation; connection; relevance
literature; books (reference); document
field survey; field work (research); on-the-spot investigation
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to concern; to be related
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
under the ... administration; within the ... government
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
this place; where one comes from; here