Boukyaku Tantei Series – Vocabulary list

あたし

I; me

7

乳う母ば

wet nurse; nursing mother

8

ベビーシッター

baby-sitter; babysitter

1

頭あたまの回かい転てん

thoughts; thinking

1

刀とう自じ

lady; matron; mistress; housekeeper

22

わけあり

having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

1

勝かっ手て口ぐち

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

2

継つぎ目め

joint; seam; joining point

1

開あいた口くちが塞ふさがらない

to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping

1

抜ぬけ穴あな

secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening

3

鼻はなで笑わらう

to laugh scornfully

1

全ぜん面めん

whole surface; entire

2

一ひと足あし先さき

(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

1

媼おうな

elderly woman

1

ポジショニング

positioning

2

大おお柄がら

large build; large pattern

2

隠おん密みつ行こう動どう

covert action; covert operations

1

立たち竦すくむ

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

2

せんと

without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

1

招しょう待たいに与あずかる

to receive an invitation

1

媼うば

elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman

3

コツコツ

unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

1

実みを結むすぶ

to bear fruit

1

論ろん考こう

study (of something); discussion; discourse

1

再さい検けん査さ

re-examination; reinspection; retest

2

紙し片へん

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

2

切きらす

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

物もの持もち

rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them

1

残のこり少すくない

scarce; few remaining

1

ただいま

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

3

ワンコール

one-ring scam; one ring; disconnecting a call after one ring has gone through

2

留る守す番ばん電でん話わ

answering machine; answer phone

1

掛かけ直なおす

to call again; to call someone back

1

折おり返かえす

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

1

差さし支つかえ

hindrance; impediment

5

骨ほね太ぶと

big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)

1

人ひと使づかい

handling one's workmen

1

体たい系けい的てき

systematic

1

心しん酔すい

adoration; admiration; devotion

1

永えい続ぞく的てき

permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting

1

いたしかねる

to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

1

足あしがかり

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

1

秘ひ書しょ

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

1

極ごく秘ひ事じ項こう

closely-guarded secret; top secret

2

聞きき込こみ

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

出で任まかせ

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

2

虚きょ実じつ

falsehood and truth; fiction and fact

4

八はち割わり方がた

about 80%; almost certainly; mostly

1

専せん属ぞく

exclusive; attached to; specialist

4

十じっ中ちゅう八はっ九く

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

5

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Vocabulary list: Boukyaku Tantei Series