import; importation; introduction; afferent
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
unprecedented; record-breaking
very popular; highly favoured
permission; approval; authorization; license
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
Gawain (Knight of the Round Table)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to leave (a note, will, etc.) behind; to leave (a manuscript, etc.) unfinished; to leave half-written; to forget to write; to leave out
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
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; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended