jpdb beta

secretary (government); director; chief

2

mike; mic; microphone

3

candidate; applicant

2

political views

1

scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

1

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

2

second (unit of time); arc second

2

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

7

assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise

1

passive; negative; conservative; depolarization

1

special election; by-election

1

broadcasting station; broadcaster

1

so far as

1

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

2

discriminatory; discriminative

1

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

2

such; this sort of; like this

8

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

2

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

military government

1

imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; second marriage; remarriage

1

bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice

1

everywhere; all over; throughout

2

electric power

1

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

1

relation; connection; relevance

2

occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

2

last week; the week before

1

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

6

debate; panel discussion; forum

7

(recorded) man-on-the-street interview

4

searching; hunting for news story; journalist

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

10

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

9

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

6

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

5

to approach; to draw near

1

to escape; to run away

3

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

2

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

4

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

3

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

3

to increase; to multiply

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

4

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

10

hint; suggestion

2

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

sum total; summation

2

harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

1