to try to match your neighbors or peers in wealth or possessions
隣人や仲間と財産や所有物で競うこと (rinjin ya nakama to zaisan ya shoyūbutsu de kisou koto)
"Many people go into debt trying to keep up with the Joneses."
"多くの人々はキープ アップ ウィズ ザ ジョーンズィーズしようとして借金に陥ります。" (ōku no hitobito wa keep up with the Joneses shiyou to shite shakkin ni ochiirimasu)
to become difficult to control
a controversial or sensitive political issue
According to my understanding or opinion
to dismiss something or someone as unimportant
to punish someone without legal authority
to not completely believe something
