jpdb beta

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

2

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

1

compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages

1

to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

1

interest rate; interest

1

repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption

1

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

1

economic bloc

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

2

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

7

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

3

cooperation; coordination; link

1

both sides; two sides; double-sided

1

to debate; to deliberate; to argue; to contend; to discuss; to dispute

1

Foreign Minister

1

summit meeting; top-level conference

1

foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods

1

basket; basketball; basket cloth

1

modernization; modernisation

2

system; institution; organization; organisation

1

know-how

1

lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

1

swap

1

World Bank

1

semi-; quasi-; associate

1

member; the membership

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

3

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

1

Washington, DC (United States); Washington (US state)

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

various countries; various regions; various provinces

1

equal opportunity

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

2

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period

1

state sovereignty; national sovereignty

1

neighbourly friendship; neighborly friendship

1

American continent; the Americas

2

Free Trade Agreement; free-trade area

1

America (land mass); the Americas

1

free trade

1

walk-in closet with space for shoes (by the entrance of a house)

1

Central America

1

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

1

Mercosur (South American trade bloc); Mercosul; Southern Common Market

1

common market

1

healthy; sound; wholesome

1

meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm

1

persuasion

1