jpdb beta

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

2

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

1

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

3

assembly; aggregation

1

election; selection; choice

4

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

99

every month; each month; monthly

1

so to speak

1

overall; on the whole

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

2

mutual; reciprocal

2

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

3

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

to be led by; to be headed by

2

drought; long spell (period) of dry weather

2

epidemic; plague; pestilence

1

typhoon; hurricane

1

disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery

1

surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance

2

goods; articles

1

export and import

1

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

3

difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble

2

substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

1

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

1

food assistance

2

reinforcement

1

dispatch of troops; despatch of troops

1

contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

2

amount to be borne; one's share (of expenses)

1

depending on; dependent on

5

having said that; on the other hand

5

cross-national

4

donated money; monetary donation; contribution

3

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

forcefulness of speech; influential voice

2

manyfold

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

3

to send in

2

direct

3

direct connection; direct link

2

pride; dignity; self-respect

1

(after) bouncing around from one place to the next

1

favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

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