jpdb beta

power; authority; influence

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

1

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

6

reform proposal

3

listening respectfully

1

to do

1

acquisition; possession

1

trainee

1

raising (the standard)

1

future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to

3

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

1

by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently

1

keen; eager; enthusiastic; motivated; determined; positive

1

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

1

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

2

point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark

1

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

8

to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

Barak

5

medical insurance system

1

chief; main; principal; major

1

Barack Obama (1961.8.4-; US president)

3

English (language)

8

after that; afterwards; thereafter

2

countries all over the world; all the countries of the world

1

global standard; global standards; worldwide standard; international standard

1

before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally

1

best in the world

8

disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-

1

industrialization; industrialisation

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

3

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

border (between countries); national border

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

5

receiving; acceptance; reception; admission

2

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

1

declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above

3

department store; department

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

2

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

11

South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)

1

Russia

7

wealthy people; the rich

3

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

medical institution

1