jpdb beta

without a vote

5

to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

2

to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

1

election administration

2

to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

1

population; common talk

1

place of employment

1

Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe

1

aging society; ageing society

1

required subject; compulsory course

1

adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion

1

several years standing; over several years

1

to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)

1

declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

1

productive age; working age

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

another prefecture; other prefectures

1

increase

1

to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)

1

making a loss; incurring a deficit

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

1

time limit

2

joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side

2

slogan

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

2

obstetrician-gynecologist; obstetrician and gynaecologist; ob-gyn

5

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

1

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

2

more than ... years; -odd years

1

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

3

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

3

one month

1

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

1

use; utilization; utilisation; application

3

bill; handbill; flyer; flier; leaflet; poster

3

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

1

mudslinging contest; mudslinging match

2

whenever they come together

2

sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance

1

to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour

2

to backfire; to have a harmful result

1

long face; looking dejected

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)

1

to lean over; to lean in

1

with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

1

particularly; only; in the case of

2

talking while standing; standing around talking

1