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～３

The third part of the third chapter, a very challenging part with a lot of vocabulary!

  • 懲りる・こりる　to learn by experience
  • 暗証番号・あんしょうばんごう　password number
  • 精算・せいさん　means fare adjustment. It’s strange here with the 済ませる・すませる　It certainly means that the subscription has been stopped.
  • かすか　faint, dim
  • 名残・なごり　remains, traces
  • 突き止める・つきとめる　to determine (a culprit, a cause)
  • 忍び込む・しのびこむ　to creep in, to steal in
  • 堂々・どうどう　without hesitation? confidently?
  • 予告・よこく　preliminary announcement
  • 余程・よほど　very, greatly
  • 親密・しんみつ　intimacy
  • 嗜好・しこう taste, liking
  • 追い返す・おいかえす　to turn away, to send away
  • 肴・さかな　appetizer, snack served with drinks
  • 確執・かくしつ　discord, antagonism
  • 透明・とうめい　transparency
  • 瞼・まぶた eyelid
  • 脇・わき　I knew this word as “armpit” but it also means “beside, close to, near”
  • 籐製・とうせい　rattan
  • 籠・かご　basket
  • 蓋・ふた　cover
  • 温浴剤・おんよくざい　I guess it’s some kind of bath salt
  • 吸盤・きゅうばん　suction pad
  • フック　hook
  • 羽織る・はおる　appears again (it was on the previous part). To put on (clothes)
  • 寝かせる・ねかせる　to put to bed
  • 中肉中背・ちゅうにくちゅうぜい　medium build
  • 引きずる・ひきずる　to drag along
  • 偽装・ぎそう　disguise, camouflage
  • 鋏・はさみ　scissors! Still not used to seeing that kanji
  • 調節・ちょうせつ　regulation, adjustment
  • 導線・どうせん　conducting wire
  • 束ねる・たばねる　to tie up in a bundle
  • 裂く・さく　to cut up
  • 致命・ちめい　fatal
  • 繰り返す・くりかえす　to do something over again
  • 爪・つめ　nail
  • 食い込む・くいこむ　to eat into
  • 拳・こぶし　fist
  • ぶるぶる　shaking, trembling
  • 蘇る・よみがえる　to be recalled (memories)
  • しょっちゅう　frequently, often
  • 所帯・しょたい household, family
  • 痣・あざ　birth mark
  • 沸騰・ふっとう　boiling
  • 植え付ける・うえつける　to plant
  • 償い・つぐない　redemption
  • 麻痺・まひ　paralysis
  • 検出・けんしゅつ　detection
  • 隠滅・いんめつ　destruction, suppression
  • 合鍵・あいかぎ　duplicate key
  • 施錠・せじょう　locking
  • 痙攣・けいれん　convulsion, spasm
  • 癇に障る・かんにさわる　to irritate one, to get on one’s nerves

This was a difficult part with a lot of description and difficult words. There was the same kind of description when Yasumasa entered his sister apartment for the first time, at the beginning of chapter 2. But I guess those parts are vital to follow the investigation course, it’s worth the extra effort.

Grammar

p.131 戸締まりをしないわけにはいかなかった I like those kind of structures, it seems so complicated just to say: he/she had to close the door.

Expression

p.133 勘が当たりました　I knew 勘 in the expression 勘が鋭い. But I didn’t know one could say “my intuition was right” in such a way. Useful to know.

勘 ・かん　means perception, intuition. 鋭い・するどい　means “sharp”, “quick”

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