Sherlock Holmes: The Return of Sherlock Holmes – Vocabulary list

ひらめき

flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

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一いっ瞬しゅんにして

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

1

広こう漠ばく

vast; wide; boundless

1

光こう景けい

scene; spectacle; sight; view

3

浮うかび上あがる

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

一いっ見けん

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

5

取とり返かえす

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

4

終しゅう止し符ふ

full stop; period; end

1

ほかならぬ

nothing but; none other than

1

慈じ悲ひ

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

3

いちいち

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

頼たのむから

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

1

十じゅう分ぶん

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

6

検けん討とう

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

1

無む鉄てっ砲ぽう

rash; reckless

2

可か能のう

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

2

形けい式しき上じょう

in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma

1

道どう徳とく的てき

ethical; moral

3

是ぜが非ひでも

rightly or wrongly; by all possible means

1

奪うばう

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

6

身みの危き険けん

danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety

2

重おもき

importance; emphasis; stress

1

心こころにもない

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

施ほどこす

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

2

周しゅう囲い

surroundings; environs; circumference

4

猶ゆう予よ期き間かん

grace period; moratorium

1

ここだけの話はなし

conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

3

決けっ闘とう

duel; shoot-out

1

試し合あい

match; game; bout; contest

12

面めん目ぼく

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

1

約やく束そくを破やぶる

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

1

手て助だすけ

a help; assistance

2

どの道みち

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

ぽん

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

何なん年ねん間かん

many years

1

同どう室しつ

same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room

1

獄ごく

jail; gaol; prison

1

ぶちまける

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

1

一いっ向こう

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

1

有ゆう能のう

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

1

革かわ製せい

leather; leather-bound; leathern

1

器き具ぐ

utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

当とう世せい

present-day; nowadays

1

第だい一いっ級きゅう

first-class; first-rate

1

鞄かばん

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

2

ニッケルメッキ

nickel plate; nickel plating

1

ダイヤ

diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram

1

ガラス切きり

glass cutter

1

万ばん能のう

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1

文ぶん明めい

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

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Vocabulary list: Sherlock Holmes: The Return of Sherlock Holmes