jpdb beta

minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD

17

board of directors; board of directors' meeting

19

young person

2

although

5

Murdoch; Murdock

75

interference; intervention; meddling

14

private; personal

3

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

1

cost of damage

1

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

1

pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling; pond

2

Japanese government

1

harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)

4

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

3

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

1

dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal

8

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

1

(Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle; carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering)

8

decision; vote

1

chairman of board of directors

1

nominal; in name (only)

2

chairman

2

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

4

to take a vote

1

raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

6

director; executive; officer; official; person in charge

4

to cause a stir; to have repercussions; to generate controversy

1

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

3

behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

4

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

2

resolution; vote; decision

1

United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England

8

rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation

1

to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)

1

(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); transverse section; cutting plane

6

fresh blood

3

agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

2

painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

2

petty knife; petit knife; small kitchen knife; paring knife; fruit knife

1

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

4

ability to get things done

7

proper; respectable; decent; honest

2

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

3

to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)

2

as before; as ever; as it was originally

2

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

since then

1

straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look

2