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.
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| 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
