jpdb beta

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

2

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

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emotional; sentimental

3

to talk; to speak

1

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

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to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

1

limited time; limited-time offer

1

Sunday

1

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)

1

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

5

to scoop; to ladle out

1

firm; unshakeable; resolute

2

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product

1

spoon

3

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

1

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

4

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

1

slow; slow motion

1

spite; frustration; vexation

1

so much; so; like that

14

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

8

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

rebirth; new birth; nascent

3

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

5

birth; creation; formation

1

general term; generic name

1

introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

anything and everything; just about everything

1

reset; fresh start; new beginning

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

4

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

4

decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

4

working-age population

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

4

life expectancy

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

4

pyramid

1

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

1

funds; capital

1

absolute

2

annuity; pension

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

1

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

4

tax; duty

4

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

4

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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