jpdb beta

Vichy (France)

1

establishment; founding; setting (a record)

1

northern part; the north (of a region)

1

loser; defeated person; the defeated

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

1

major war; great war; world war

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

Buddha; Buddhism

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

1

assistance; aid; support

1

time bomb

1

to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

1

flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression

1

early post war period; immediately after the war

1

fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute

1

to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

1

national army

1

three people

1

commissioned officer

1

to put to trial; to argue in court

1

the whole life

1

exile; banishment; deportation

1

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

1

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

1

to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst

1

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

3

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

1

Japan and Germany; Japanese-German

1

liberalism

1

totalitarianism

1

economic collapse; economic meltdown

1

2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC

9

turmoil; chaos; confusion

1

short-term

1

to achieve success

1

wealth and poverty; rich and poor

4

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

7

unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

3

working conditions

1

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

1

low wages

1

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

1

social infrastructure

1

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

1

(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence

1

selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)

1

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

farmer; farming family; farmhouse

1