jpdb beta

August

1

Fridrikh; Friedorich; Friedrichs

1

Germany

2

playwright; dramatist

2

17; seventeen

3

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

1

18; eighteen

2

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

2

beginning (of a century, etc.)

1

two periods; two terms

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

residing; living; dwelling

1

Vienna

1

spy; secret agent

1

suspicion

1

death penalty; capital punishment

1

to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

1

second

3

one week

2

staying; sojourn

1

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

4

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

6

humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

13

point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

1

outside the city area; suburbs

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

2

I; me

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

49

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

5

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

15

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

6

reason; pretext; motive

12

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

2

patience; endurance

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

8

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

15

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

3

be; is

13

bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

2

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

1

denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale

1

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

2

large-scale

1

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

6

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

3

early in the morning

1