探偵小説の「謎」 – Vocabulary list

案あん

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

2

あお

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

ふじつ

perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood

1

包パオ

yurt

1

公こう案あん

koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)

7

狄てき

Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north

1

ほう

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

1

地ち代だい

land rent

1

模も倣ほう

imitation; copying

1

著ちょ者しゃ

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

2

桂かつら

katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree

1

洗すまし

primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

2

冤えん

false charge; false accusation

2

録ろく

record; transcript

2

え

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

1

ロク

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy

1

獄ごく

jail; gaol; prison

1

亀き鑑かん

pattern; example; model; paragon; mirror

1

せき

cough; coughing; tussis

1

著あらわす

to write; to publish

1

娯ご楽らく

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

3

刀かたな傷きず

sword wound; sword cut

1

焼しょう死し

death by fire

4

姦かん

cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person

1

監かん視し

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

鶏けい姦かん

homosexual sex between males; buggery; sodomy

1

検けん証しょう

verification; inspection

1

専せん門もん的てき

technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional

1

系けい統とう的てき

systematic

1

月げつ

Monday

1

へる

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

2

堅かた苦くるしい

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

対たい

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

1

対つい

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

2

名めい称しょう

name; title

2

判はん官がん

judge; magistrate; (arch.) 3rd grade official (ritsuryo system); (arch.) assistant district officer; (arch.) inspector

1

掌しょう編へん

(very) short story or article; short short story; conté

1

つもり

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

2

検けん察さつ

examination; investigation; prosecution

1

衝しょう

important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition

1

好こう個こ

excellent; fine; pertinent

1

愛あい読どく

reading with pleasure

2

版はん本ぽん

book printed from woodblocks

1

輸ゆ入にゅう

import; importation; introduction; afferent

1

いつごろ

about when; about what time; how soon

1

伝でん来らい

ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

1

仮か名な書がき

writing in kana; something written in kana

1

和わ本ほん

book bound in Japanese style

1

親おや

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

1

実じつ母ぼ

one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother

1

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Vocabulary list: 探偵小説の「謎」