jpdb beta

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

1

commoner; plebeian

2

government official; clerk

2

appointment; assignment; promotion

2

to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family

1

losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

1

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

1

cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted

1

self-protection

1

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

1

time; season; period; phase; stage

3

increased tax revenue; tax increases

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

3

kindness; courtesy

2

how; in what way

4

to entertain; to treat

1

without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

18

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

end; close; finish; termination

1

formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical

1

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

1

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

1

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

1

one's best interests; one's own good

2

to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

9

presence; sitting with; being with

1

youth; young man

3

assistance; aid; support

5

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

several people

3

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

5

long-term stay

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

2

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

4

the next era

1

calamity; disaster; misfortune

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

2

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

8

before now; hitherto

2

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

2

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

3

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

4

special case; exception

2

treatment; service; handling; management

1

to do

9

polite; courteous; hospitable

5