reading notes, どちらかが彼女を殺した

どちらかが彼女を殺した～第３章～２

The second part of chapter 3 goes from p.105 to 119

Reading Notes

  • 遠縁・とおえん　distant relative
  • ノイローゼ　neurosis
  • 性に合う・せいにあう　to be congenial, to agree with one
  • 所轄・しょかつ　jurisdiction
  • こだわる　to fuss over, to be particular about (it already appeared in the precedent part but I didn’t remember it 😫)
  • 気のせい・きのせい　in one’s imagination
  • 封印・ふういん to stamp, to affix a seal
  • 蘇る・よみがえる　to be recalled (memories), to be revived, restored
  • 脳裏・のうり　one’s mind
  • 呂律・ろれつ　articulation
  • 祭壇・さいだん altar
  • 克明・こくめい detailed, faithful, accurate
  • 掴む・つかむ　to seize, to catch, to grab, to understand, to grasp.
  • 踏む・ふむ　here, it certainly means: “to estimate”
  • 警視庁・けいしちょう　Metropolitan Police Department
  • 結成・けっせい formation
  • 所轄・しょかつ　jurisdiction

There is a difficult part p.109. It seems that the police department would not have taken the risk to form an investigation team because proofs for a murder case were not sufficient, but for the Nerima jurisdiction, an investigation team was already formed because of another murder which took place some time ago.

  • 睫・まつげ eyelashes
  • 引き金・ひきがね “trigger” appears again! I think I’ll remember it this time!
  • 未練・みれん　reluctance
  • 特定・とくてい　specific, particular
  • 引き留める・ひきとめる　to detain
  • 羽織る・はおる to put on
  • 襟・えり　neck, collar
  • さりげない・さりげない　nonchalant, unconcerned, in a casual manner
  • 摘み取る・つまみとる　to pluck, to pick
  • 豪華・ごうか　wonderful, gorgeous

Even if at this point of the novel, I have forged myself a theory on what occurred, I am very curious to see what will happen. I really like the way inspector Kaga is constantly there without being actually present. I wonder if the next chapter will offer Kaga’s point of view…!

Expressions worth remembering

p.106 “一人で本を読んでたりするほうが性に合ってたらしい”　I like the expression 性に合う and it is easy to remember

p. 107 “気のせいでもないと思うのですが” useful to be able to say: “it’s not just my imagination”

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