Vocabulary list: The Chinese Nail Murders

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
3
at present; now
1
ところ
Top 200
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
70
Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north
3
700; seven hundred
1
ねん
Top 300
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
19
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
1
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
1
politician; statesman
2
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
2
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
3
first half
1
まだ
Top 100
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
42
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
7
prefectural governor
5
にん
Top 12500
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
4
Top 100
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
236
ころ
Top 1900
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
7
to be surprised; to be astonished
14
べく
Top 2700
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
1
large number (of); many; majority
1
mystery case
1
settlement; solution; resolution
10
ために
Top 400
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
14
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
8
かれ
Top 200
he; him; boyfriend
460
われら
Top 13400
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
6
brightness; splendour; splendor
2
historic; historical
2
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
6
として
Top 200
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
41
Top 100
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
97
であ
Top 100
be; is
111
あくび
Top 6800
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
1
Top 13500
sleep
3
Top 100
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
51
あと
Top 300
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
49
ずっと
Top 200
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
20
sheriff
6
もと
Top 1300
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
11
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
3
minister's secretary
2
つとめ
Top 12200
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
7
older brother
23
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
1
letter; missive; note; mail
6
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
5
Top 600
two; 2
35
しょく
Top 4600
job; work; duties; trade; skill
3
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
4