jpdb beta

(period of) one year

2

high income

1

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

3

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

2

to cease; to stop; to be over

4

unrealistic

1

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

2

maturity; ripeness

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

1

to repeat; to be frequent

1

scandal; deplorable event

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

financial system

5

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

1

rapid (e.g. progress)

1

the industrial world

1

energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life

1

commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union

1

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

1

advocacy; proposal

2

single market (e.g. European single market)

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

2

nation-state

1

western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

3

financier; business leader

1

governor; leader; ruler

2

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

7

(feeling of) identification; sense of unity

4

controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)

1

historical revisionism

2

revival; restoration

1

remark; statement; discourse

1

permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

5

base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

1

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

5

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

Anglo-Saxon

1

globalism

1

one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity

3

reactionary

1

right of center (politically); right-leaning; tending to the right

2

solidarity; joint; collective

1

reform; innovation

2

declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression

4

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

editorial; leading article; leader

2