jpdb beta

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

4

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

5

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

4

long ago; previous; of a former age

1

dictatorship; despotism

1

death by shooting

1

penalty; sentence; punishment

1

crisis management

1

no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be

4

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

3

money loser; high-cost, low-return project

2

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

6

excuse; explanation

2

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

3

equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent

4

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

36

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

1

sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen

4

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

1

to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to

2

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

duty; function; office; mission; task; role

6

putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

2

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

1

outbreak; occurrence

2

last year

1

rescue; salvage

1

relief; aid; rescue

1

stricken area; disaster-stricken area; affected area; afflicted area

1

Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

1

ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive

3

very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly

5

it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunate that ...

1

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

7

cruise; navigation; sailing

1

coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane

1

territorial waters

3

territorial airspace

2

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

2

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

2

to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate

7

area of sea; waters

2

just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...

1

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

13

unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)

1

very busy

1

state of emergency

1