Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes – Vocabulary list

absorption; suction; attraction

2

to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

2

慶けい応おう

Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

1

改かい称しょう

renaming; retitling

1

祇ぎ園おん社しゃ

Gion-sha (former name for Yasaka-Jinja)

1

飛とび下おりる

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

1

決けっ死し

preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit

1

パーセント

percent; percentage

1

二に八はち

(arch.) sixteen

1

慶けい喜き

Keiki

1

企たくらむ

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

入いれ替かえる

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

3

威い光こう

power; authority; influence

1

建けん築ちく家か

architect

3

旧きゅう

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

2

製せい作さく所しょ

works; factory; plant

1

別べっ館かん

annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building

1

同どう志し社しゃ女じょ子し大だい学がく

Doushisha Women's University

1

それる

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

2

終しゅう了りょう

end; close; termination

5

今いまや

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

2

ばさら

acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery

1

慶けい長ちょう

Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

2

角すみ倉のくら了りょう以い

Suminokura Ryoui

1

キャッチフレーズ

catchphrase

1

キャッチコピー

large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)

1

潔いさぎよい

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

1

九くん六ろく

ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank

2

女じょ性せい不ふ信しん

distrust of women

3

組くみ

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

どつく

to jab; to hit; to punch

1

三み玲れい

Mirei

1

後ご白しら河かわ上じょう皇こう

Goshirakawajoukou (retired emperor)

1

離り宮きゅう

imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace

1

院いん本ぽん

drama; playbook

1

千せん手じゅ観かん音のん

thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon

2

別べっ称しょう

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

1

気きが抜ぬける

to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor

2

スタンス

stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture

2

右みぎから左ひだりへ

from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

1

勉べん強きょう熱ねっ心しん

hardworking; studious

3

吸きゅう収しゅう力りょく

absorbing power

2

微び動どう

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

1

衆しゅ生じょう

all living things; mankind; the people; the world

1

三さん身じん

trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha)

1

もとづく

to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from

1

主しゅ義ぎ

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

正せい門もん

main gate; main entrance

2

ランチボックス

lunch box

4

死し角かく

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

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Vocabulary list: Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes