Vocabulary list: The Decagon House Murders

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じゅう
Top 1600
ten; 10; ten years of age
91
かく
Top 6800
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
71
かん
Top 6000
house; hall; building
72
Top 100
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
4516
murder; homicide; manslaughter
29
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
2
revised edition
2
respect and affection; love and respect
2
すべき
Top 1300
should do; ought to do
3
すべ
Top 1400
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
21
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
1
Top 100
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
2497
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
1
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
1
よる
Top 300
evening; night; dinner
34
うみ
Top 800
sea; ocean; waters
55
silence; stillness; quietness
2
とき
Top 200
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
71
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
3
roar of waves
13
だけ
Top 100
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
143
Top 100
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
2152
endless; boundless; everlasting
1
darkness; the dark
6
おく
Top 600
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
25
から
Top 100
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
540
to gush out
1
Top 100
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
247
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
2803
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
20
breakwater; mole
4
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
9
concrete
8
to sit (down)
11
white
40
Top 23600
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
1
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
1
ながら
Top 100
while; during; while; although; all; both
172
かれ
Top 200
he; him; boyfriend
176
ひと
Top 9200
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
11
その
Top 100
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
246
huge; gigantic; enormous
4
やみ
Top 1500
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
16
Top 100
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
1337
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
1
もう
Top 100
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
87
how many months?; how long?
1
Top 100
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
567
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
35
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
4