jpdb beta

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

1

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

2

after

2

is not; am not; are not

2

to be possible to occur

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

2

to begin; to set about; to start

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force

1

even so; anyhow; at any rate

1

authenticity; credibility

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

3

grandiose; exaggerated

2

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

1

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

1

all; everyone; everybody

3

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

1

to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

1

meaning; significance; sense

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

opinion; view; comment

1

as (somebody) says

2

hence; for that reason

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

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cabinet ministers

2

each ministry

1

vice-minister; undersecretary

1

financial world; business circles

3

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body

1

head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir

1

et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance

3

incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise

4

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

2

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

2

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

2

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

1

guess; speculation; supposition

2

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

1

big; large; great

3

much less; to say nothing of

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

3

if it's the case

2

myself; yourself; I; me; you

2

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

2