ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery – Vocabulary list

冷つめたい

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

1

ティー

tea; tee

1

ポット

pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

1

立たてかける

to lean against; to set against

1

むさぼる

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

1

両りょうの手て

both hands

1

うずめる

to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack

1

押おし殺ころす

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

2

家や主ぬし

landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

3

おや

oh!; oh?; my!

2

気き分ぶんがよい

feel good (pleasant)

1

盆ぼん

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

1

朝あさご飯はん

breakfast

1

気き分ぶんが悪わるい

feel sick; feel unwell

1

遠とおく

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

2

ブリストル

Bristol (Britain)

1

お店みせ

store; shop

1

かがめる

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

1

かがむ

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

1

しわい

stingy; cheap; very frugal

1

みたいです

it seems that; as if

1

よね

isn't that right?

1

身みの毛け

body hair

1

よだつ

to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps

1

じまう

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

4

逃にげ出だす

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

何なん百びゃく

hundreds

1

顔かお色いろが悪わるい

looking pale; looking unwell

1

よー

(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey

1

守まもる

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

くさくさ

feeling depressed; feeling gloomy; feeling downhearted

1

自じ分ぶん一ひと人り

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

2

眠ねむる

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

6

引ひっ張ぱり出だす

to take out; to drag out

2

洗せん面めん

washing one's face

1

替かえ

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

1

カラー

collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

1

戸と棚だな

cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

4

縦たて

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

インチ

inch

2

横よこ

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

1

平ひらたい

flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

1

ボール箱ばこ

cardboard box; carton

2

ダース

dozen

1

身みにつける

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

ため息いき

sigh

2

おりから

just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment

1

出だしぬけ

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

3

虫むしの知しらせ

foreboding

1

永えい久きゅう

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

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Vocabulary list: ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery