jpdb beta

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

2

vested interests

6

to shed blood

1

dictatorial

1

strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand

2

pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

1

to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)

2

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

3

people; citizens; subjects; folk

2

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1

one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity

1

permanence; continuation

2

even

1

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

3

failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

3

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

5

public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

1

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1

high salary

1

shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden

1

temporary worker (dispatched from an agency); dispatched worker

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

to throw away one's life

1

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

1

living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot

2

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation

1

belatedly; though a little too late

1

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

4

arrangement; pact; agreement

1

external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure

1

employment; hire

2

liberalization; liberalisation; freeing

1

to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

1

easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do

1

fluidization

1

problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy

1

immediately; right away; on the spot

1

regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee

1

temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

1

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

3

tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

2

rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion

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