jpdb beta

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

2

punishment; penalty

2

not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking

1

public; official

1

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

4

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

2

uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

2

cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality

1

attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

2

demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation

1

each country; every country; various countries; all countries

2

government body; government agency

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

2

right to speak

3

Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation

1

to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion

2

to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

2

diplomat

4

the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives

2

golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow

1

prestigious school

3

(another's) son

3

media

1

triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three important requisites

1

palanquin set with jewels; money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man

1

to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule

2

key industry

1

severe punishment; rigorous measures

1

fainting; swooning

3

legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force

1

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

1

outside the country; abroad

2

love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland

1

war damage

1

hanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.); hovering (around a low level)

1

investment; contribution; financing

3

corporate giant

1

great wealth; enormous fortune

1

source of funds; source of money

2

capital; funds; seed money; asset

1

technological development

1

countries all over the world; all the countries of the world

1

scientist

2

hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out

1

economic sanctions

1

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

2

national power

1

to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into

1

resources

3

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

1