jpdb beta

settlement; solution; resolution

3

public (institution)

1

each prefecture; all prefectures

1

private (establishment)

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

4

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

(on the) street

2

government official

2

government office; public office

1

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

10

red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

1

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

2

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

social ills

1

seedling; young plant; rice seedling

1

in the future; another day; later

1

to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

1

to be in danger of; to be liable to

1

society; public; community; social studies

19

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

reform school; juvenile reformatory

2

alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

1

member

1

appointment; employment

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

1

retirement; resignation

1

decrepitude; senescence; superannuation

1

weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

2

vitality; ability to earn a living

1

feebleness; weakness; weak

1

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

4

struggle for existence

2

loser; the defeated

1

parasitism

1

unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

1

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

2

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

2

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

2

to gain a reputation; to make oneself famous

3

industrialist; entrepreneur

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

rumor; rumour; gossip; report

1

(not) altogether; (not) wholly

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

3

evidence; proof

5

one by one; one after another; successively

1