湊かなえ・白ゆき姫殺人事件
all vocabulary, misc grammar
p8
交通違反 - traffic violation
窃盗犯 - theft, stealing, larceny
つねる - to pinch
金縛り - sleep paralysis
p10
恨みを買う - to incur someone’s enmity
配属 - assigned to
しがらみ - fence
土手 - (river)bank
女偏 - kanji “woman” radical at left
p12
上場企業 - listed company (on a stock exchange)
堅実 - safe, stable, reliable
アットホーム - at home, cozy
紛らわしい - easily mixed up
とっておき - reserve, spare; treasured, ace up one’s sleeve
開拓 - pioneering, opening up, reclaiming, breaking new ground
メリハリ - modulation, variation, liveliness
p14
ドンぴしゃ - spot on, fitting to a tee, on the dot
優雅 - elegant, graceful
p16
偲ぶ - to reminisce, be nostalgic for
p18
厚生 - public welfare
浄化 - purification, clean up, purge
p20
便り - news, tidings
育休 - childcare leave
どことなく - somehow, for some reason, in some way
しこたま - a lot, loads, plenty
p22
通り魔 - random attacker
p24
ニット - knitted garment
炉端焼き - food cooked on a grill in front of customers
p26
地元 - home town, local
仕入れる - to learn, find out, take in; replenish in stock
優越感 - superiority complex
特定する - to pinpoint
危篤 - critical condition
p28
人気・ひとけ - sign of life, human presence
途絶える - to stop, cease
痴情 - being struck mad by love, infatuation
怨恨 - enmity, grudge
ガセ - fake, false, sham, deception
腕前 - skill, ability
食通 - foodie
p30
地味 - plain, simple
卑屈 - servile, menial
疎ましい - disagreeable, unpleasant
被害届 - filing a criminal complaint, reporting a crime
出張 - business trip
p32
ちょくちょく - often, now and then, occasionally
朝礼 - morning assembly
p34
シャーペン - mechanical pencil
取引先 - customer, client
p36
画鋲 - thumb tack
下剤 - laxative
引き受ける - to undertake, take responsibility for
出社 - going to work
間食 - snacking, eating between meals
ダントツ - the very best, cream of the crop
てっきり - certainly, surely
発端 - origin, start, beginning
p38
持ちきり - hot topic, talk of the town
p40
レッカー - tow truck, wrecker
弾み - to bounce
たいして - (not) so much
へべれけ - dead drunk
重要参考人 - suspect, material witness
手配 - search (by police)
得意顔 - triumphant look
p42
取り付く - to cling to
p44
法定速度 - national speed limit
下見 - preliminary inspection
通販 - mail order, online shopping
p46
童話 - fairy tale, children’s story
p48
名刺 - business card
受け売り - secondhand opinion / knowledge / telling
生い立ち - personal history, upbringing
p50
一流 - first class, top ranked
こんがらがる - to become entangled, get mixed up
遭遇 - encounter
不倫 - adultery
口止め料 - hush money
めざとい - sharp sighted
さぐりを入れる - to search / probe around
p52
やぼったい - unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth
謳う - to extol, sing the praises of
太刀打ち - competing / contending against
p54
みっちり - intensely, severely, tightly, diligently
蒸らす - to cook by steam
しれっと - nonchalantly, as if nothing happened
のめり込む - to be completely absorbed in
p56
取引 - business, transactions
伝授 - giving instruction
胃袋をつかむ - to attract someone with food
p58
二股をかける - to cheat, two-time
おろおろ - in confusion, flustered, bewilderment
吹っ切れる - to break through, get over (one’s doubts)
手が込む - to be intricate
空回り - going in circles, fruitless effort
食いしん坊 - glutton, gourmand
p60
貴重 - precious, valuable
重役出勤 - showing up work late as if one were an executive
p62
順序立てる - to put in order
発覚 - detection / discovery (of a plot, fraud)
元凶 - main culprit / cause, ring leader
ねちねち - sticky, persistent, nagging
布石・ふせき - opening moves, preparation, groundwork
p64
実行委員・じっこういいん - action / executive committee
p66
無断 - without notice / permission
p68
肝が据わる・きもがすわる - to have guts, nerves of steel
心酔・しんすい - adoration, admiration
連合・れんごう - union, alliance
僻む - to feel like one has been unfairly treated, to be jealous
土俵・どひょう - wrestling ring
毛頭・もうとう - not in the slightest
p70
確証・かくしょう - positive proof, conclusive evidence
魂胆・こんたん - ulterior motive
酒造・しゅぞう - sake brewing
高じる・こうじる - to grow in intensity, be aggravated
大手 - major company
出向・しゅっこう - temporary transfer / relocation of employees
米ぬか - rice bran
立ちくらみ - dizziness from standing up too fast
p72
仕出し屋 - caterer
たいして - (not) so much
p74
明日は我が身 - what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow, misfortune happens to anyone
鵜呑みにする - accept / swallow without questioning
創作・そうさく - creation, creative work
真面目くさる - to be extremely serious, solemn
佃煮 - preserved boiled food in soy
そぼろ - minced meat / fish in soy sauce
p78
後腐れ - future troubles
目の当たり - just before one’s eyes
からくり - mechanism
支持・しじ - support, backing
箝口 - keeping silence
p80
魂胆・こんたん - ulterior motive
失敬 - taking without permission, stealing
正常・せいじょう - normal
常軌を逸する・じょうきをいっする - to go off the rail, defy the usual course of action
p82
めかし込む - to dress oneself up
p84
提供・ていきょう - offer, supply, provide
片棒をかつぐ・かたぼうをかつぐ - to take part in (a crime)
p90
該当 - corresponding
身を案じる - worry for someone’s welfare
吹き出物 - (skin) eruption, rash, pimple
p92
脚光を浴びる - to be in the spotlight
いわくつき - with a interesting / shady / difficult-to-explain history
浴槽 - bathtub
結束 - unity, solidarity, union
p94
大家 - landlady, landlord
筒抜け - being overheard, leaked (secrets)
天然記念物 - protected species, natural monument
愛読書 - favorite book
至って - very much, exceedingly, extremely
表記 - expression in writing, written notation
こじつけ - distortion, stretch, strained interpretation; stretch the meaning of a word
惣菜 - small side dish
p96
仕送り - allowance
木枯らし - cold wintry wind
鰯 - sardines
こみ上げる - to well up (with tears, anger, joy, etc.)
p98
内定 - tentative decision, unofficial/ informal (job) offer
p100
焚きつける - to instigate, egg on, stir up; light a fire, kindle
牧歌的 - pastoral, idyllic
奥手 - late bloomer / developer
甘露煮 - candied chestnuts
p102
思い込み - wrong impression, assumption, prejudice
卑猥 - indecent, obscene
悪しからず - i’m sorry / don’t get me wrong but…
融通 - lending, loan
近況報告 - catching up, exchange of one’s recent news
p104
イノシシ - wild boar
猛女 - tough woman, dragon lady
入浴剤 - bath salt
p106
介護 - caregiving, nursing
p108
持ち合わせる - to happen to have on hand / in stock
グル - accomplice
p110
はずみ - momentum, impetus, moment, instant,impulse, chance
荒唐無稽 - absurd, nonsensical, preposterous
くらます - to conceal, hide, deceive
名簿 - register / list of names
出所・しゅっしょ - origin, source
明かせる - to expose, reveal
p112
誓約書・せいやくしょ - written oath, covenant, pledge
侮る - to disdain, look down on, make light of
班 - squad, group, fireteam
分担 - taking on one’s share of / dividing work
p114
ちょっかいを出す - to meddle in / poke one’s nose into someone else’s affairs
強豪校 - powerhouse school (sports, arts, etc.) with highly competitive team
してやったり - got you!, tricked you!
無気味・不気味 - eerie, ominous
言い出しっぺ - first person to say something / suggest a matter
見せしめ - making a lesson of, setting an example
p118
急所 - vital spot, weak point
撹乱 - disturbance, confusion, turbulence
くらます - to conceal, hide, deceive
妃 - princess consort
p120
天狗 - bragging, conceit
インターハイ - inter-scholastics athletics competition
準優勝 - second place, runner up
p124
念じる - to wish / pray for (silently)
こじつける - to distort, strain / stretch (an interpretation, meaning of a word)
p126
名門校 - prestigious school
蛙 - frog
青年団 - young person’s association
p128
匿う・かくまう - to shelter, give refuge to
罪滅ぼし - atonement, making amends
p132
引き取り - leaving, departure, withdrawal
p134
もたもた - slowly, tardily, inefficiently, dawdling
仕出かす - to make a mess of
麓 - foot of a mountain / hill
祠 - small wayside shrine
あわや - nearly, almost, on the verge of happening
p136
ごねる - to grumble, make difficulties
バケツリレー - bucket relay / brigade
禍い - disaster, calamity
p140
焼却炉 - incinerator
見立てる - to liken / compare to
p144
臨界点 - critical point (temperature)
祈祷師 - exorcist, shaman, faith healer
p146
筒抜け - being overheard / leaked (secrets)
p148
筋合い - reason, right
p150
鉄砲玉 - gunshot, bullet
p152
おまじない - good luck charm, uttered when using magic, abracadabra
p154
くすねる - to pilfer, swipe, filch
神輿 - portable shrine
p156
そろばん - abacus
勇敢・ゆうかん - brave, heroic
ぶたれる - to hit, beat, strike
金輪際・こんりんざい - never, on no account, not at all, till doomsday
空耳 - feigned deafness
p158
へたれ - incompetence
退散・たいさん - dispersing, breaking up
貶める - to show contempt for, look down upon
仕打ち - (poor) treatment
p160
活発 - lively, active
手に負えない - too much for one to handle
おかめ顔 - homely, plain
つり合い - balance, equilibrium
かこつける - to use as an excuse / pretext
p162
曾孫 - great-grandchild
せっせと - diligently, industriously
陥れる - to trap / put / throw into a difficult situation
名誉毀損 - libel, defamation
p164
さぞかし - certainly, surely
開き直る - to become defiant, fight back
捏造 - fabrication, made up
p166
この期に及んで - this late in the game, at the last moment
いけしゃあしゃあと - shamelessly, brazenly
射止める - to win (a prize, someone’s heart), make one’s own; shoot dead, bring down
p168
輩 - party of people, fellow, clan, family
p170
予備軍 - people at risk, potential members of some group
からくり - mechanism, trick
p172
歯止めがかからない - unstoppable (of something bad)
p174
便箋 - stationery, writing paper
p176
鬼嫁 - cruel wife
捩る・もじる - to make a parody / pun of
貶める - to show contempt for, look down upon
追随 - following in the footsteps of, catching up to
発端 - original, genesis, source
一喝 - sharp loud rebuke
討ち入り - raiding, storming, attacking (an enemy’s castle)
p178
涙腺 - tear glands
くすぐる - to tickle
したり顔 - self-satisfied look, triumphant expression
届け出 - report, notification
p180
妖精 - fairy, sprite, elf
証言 - testimony
p182
おぼろげ - vague, dim, hazy
匿う・かくまう - to give refuge to, shelter
呆気ない - too quick, disappointing, abrupt, over too soon
舞い上がる - to soar, fly high, make merry, be in high spirits
p184
毅然 - resolute, dauntless, firm
p186
疼く - to throb (with pain), ache
打ちひしがれる - to be stricken (with grief), battered (by disasters)
p188
専念 - giving undivided attention, devoting oneself tom absorption
運の尽き - out of luck, at the end of one’s rope
p190
生き別れ - lifelong separation
p192
高を括る - to make light of, underrate
野蛮 - savage, barbarian
擁護 - protection
見せかける - to pretend, feign
糾弾 - blaming, verbal attack, denunciation
すがすがしい - refreshing
執念深い - vindictive, spiteful, vengeful
p194
穀物 - cereal, grain, corn
すり替える - to sidestep (an issue)
またもや - once again
空論 - abstract / impractical theory
系列 - affiliated
p196
見せびらかす - to show off, flaunt
手を抜く - to cut corners, be shoddy
ひと味 - distinct flavor / quality
p198
ちょっかい - meddling, interference
どんぐりの背比べ - being more of less the same, pointless competition, pissing contest
腹いせ - retaliation, revenge
p200
陣 - group, gang, party
通販 - online shopping
p204
ごつごつ - rugged, scraggy, gnarly
見張る - to stand watch / guard
p206
彷彿 - beating a close resemblance to, vivid reminder (of the past)
連名 - joint signature
p210
てきぱき - briskly, quickly, promptly
くじく - to dampen (enthusiasm), discourage, dishearten
p212
鈍感 - thickheaded, insensitive
ひとくくり - to lump altogether
オチ - punchline
ぶちまける - to dump (onto the floor), to tell everything, vent
p214
片鱗 - part, portion, glimpse, bit
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