jpdb beta

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

4

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

5

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

2

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

1

foreign; abroad; overseas

1

moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

3

(manufacturing) industry

4

weakening

1

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

standard; norm

1

sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated

3

law; rule

5

trade (foreign)

3

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

2

ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

5

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

1

factory worker

20

company name; name of a company

2

affiliate company

1

heavy industry

1

subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)

3

some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

3

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

3

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

3

horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

1

handcart; wheelbarrow

5

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

3

to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

2

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

1

finely chiseled (features)

1

looks; features

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

profitable plan; good plan

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

1

just a minute; small quantity

1

same village; same town; same province

1

people

1

close; intimate; on good terms

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

4

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

1

crime; sin; vice

1

republic; commonwealth

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

3