jpdb beta

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

2

being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times

1

to buy; to purchase

2

literally; to the letter; literal

1

to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit

2

leading company

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

7

Japan Business Federation; Keidanren

1

president (of a society); chairman

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

2

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

4

ambitious person

2

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

1

analyst

1

eye color; eye colour

1

settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)

4

official announcement

1

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

2

to become clear; to be made public

1

100,000,000,000; hundred billion; many

1

unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

3

future; possible; potential; prospective

1

blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit

1

stability; security; equilibrium

2

initial stage

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

2

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

2

to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly

2

accomplishment; execution

1

foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

4

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

9

just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

6

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

2

seniority; precedence; upper seat

2

general manager; director-general

29

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

1

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

this sort of

2

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

2

to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

long time; many years

4

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

lost territory

1

rather; better

1