jpdb beta

operating ratio; rate of operation; availability factor

2

degradation over time; time-related deterioration

1

not insignificant; not to be sneezed at

1

four years

1

blister; corn

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

2

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

double track; two-track line

1

on hand; readily available

1

various; many; several

1

numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)

2

update

1

Coriolis

1

tension; tensile strength

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

bumper

2

space debris; orbital debris

1

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

2

alert; warning

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1

earth's axis

1

introduction; outline; general remarks

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

3

easy; simple; plain

1

literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

1

tee-hee

1

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

1

series

3

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

10

good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

4

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

1

often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

2

depravity; corruption; degradation

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

2

bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump

1

operation (of machine); operating; running; working

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

future; distant future

2

garden (esp. with trees); park

1

now; come (now); well

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

2

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

1

straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

1

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

1

the people; citizens; the populace

3