Abe pledges all-out efforts to locate missing people in typhoon-hit areas

NAGANO―Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged all-out efforts Sunday to help locate missing people and restore infrastructure devastated by typhoon Hagibis in a meeting with the governor of Nagano Prefecure, one of the hardest-hit areas.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspects flood damage caused by the Chikuma River in Nagano, on Sunday.  Photo: KYODO

pledge  ｖ)堅く約束する、公約する　ﾌﾟレｯｼﾞ  n)堅い約束、公約　ﾌﾟレｯｼﾞ
 make a pledge（＝promised to give money)
 You can go online to make a pledge to the disaster relief fund.
  relief n)解放、救済　fund n)資金、基金
 The government has made a pledge never to make deals with terrorists.
 All the candidates have given/made pledges not to rise taxes if they are elected.
 The government has pledged increased funding for education.
  （政府は教育費予算の増額を約束した）
all-out effort 徹底した取り組み　all-out adj)徹底的な　effort n)努力活動
 We make an all-out effort to get the project finished on time.
 Japan was still a lesser nation at that time, so Japanese government made all-out   effort to entertain Nicholas.
 Japanese government make all-out effort to entertain Donald Trump.
  less adj)little少ないの比較級　　lesser adj)little少ないの比較級<より小さい意>
  entertain v)楽しませる、もてなす、接待する

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