jpdb beta

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

nature; disposition

3

to snore

1

anniversary of the establishment (of)

1

contrived; false-sounding

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

22

most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece

4

unpopular

9

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

3

financials; on the funding (capital) side

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

10

good news

2

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

2

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

2

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

5

uneasy

6

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

2

raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

4

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

3

negative; contradictory

2

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

2

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

3

flip

4

being very good at; strongest point

1

graph

7

downward curve

2

the same; the said; likewise

3

nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

2

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

2

declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

1

one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life

1

to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason

1

fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

1

Internet

1

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

1

income and expenditure

1

expenditure; disbursement; expenses

1

disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits

2

moving into the black; becoming profitable

1

public-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good

2

director; trustee

1

example; an instance

2

to compare

1

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

2

administration; governance; the authorities; authority

1

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven

1

normalcy; normality; normal

2

shortage of capital; lack of funds; cash flow problem

1

retaining fee; retainer

1