jpdb beta

poor region; deprived area

2

budget cut

1

wages; pay; rental payment

1

freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)

1

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

2

yesterday

4

evening meal; dinner

1

(wearing only) a pair of underpants

2

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

2

stomach ache; abdominal pain

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

1

fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound

1

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

1

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

cooked rice; meal

2

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

seniority; long service

2

extracurricular activities

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

1

job (responsibility) of a section

1

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

1

small government; limited government

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

2

practical problem; practical matter

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

feelings of guilt

1

to subsist; to keep on living

5

self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

1

end; tip; extremities; terminal

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

2

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

2

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

7

preliminary step; first step

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on

1

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

corner; nook; recess

1

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

2

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

1

that's so, isn't it

2

having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)

1

school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered

1

senior high school; high school

2