jpdb beta

formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

2

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

1

class

1

deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red

1

to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

3

complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression

5

national and public

2

(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

1

weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

1

several years; a few years

1

reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build

1

actually; really

2

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

3

Japan Railways; JR

1

national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type

4

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

1

hanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.); hovering (around a low level)

2

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

4

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

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

6

proper; full time (staff); career (job title) (e.g. someone who has worked in the same area from the start); regular price; net price

2

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

2

to learn by hearsay

3

attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

1

relaxed; easygoing; leisurely; nonchalant (during an emergency); unconcerned; unperturbed

1

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

1

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

2

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

3

emergency medicine

1

running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

1

billboard; advertising tower; face (of a company, group, etc.); poster girl; poster boy

1

hospital emergency room

4

scholarly

1

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

2

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

5

course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

4

in one's own way or style

4

expenses; disbursements

2

to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with

2

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

3

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money

1

this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

3

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

1

(heavy) drinker; tippler; ... drinker (e.g. merry drinker, maudlin drinker); ... drunk; liker of; fan

1

congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

1