The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Vocabulary list

威い嚇かく

threat; intimidation; menace

2

警けい告こく

warning; advice

2

正しょう直じきなところ

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

2

ケース

case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE

1

巻かん

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

2

ロシア

Russia

1

脳のう裡り

one's mind

2

未み知ち

not yet known; unknown; strange

1

強しいる

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

永えい久きゅう

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

1

囮おとり

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

1

罠わなをかける

to set a trap

1

命いのちをかける

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

英えい雄ゆう的てき

heroic

1

取とり逃にがす

to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip

1

危き険けんをおかす

to brave a danger; to take a risk

1

吸すい殻がら

cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes

1

投なげ捨すてる

to throw away

1

しんみり

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

1

たどる

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

1

一いっ歩ぽずつ

stepwise; one step at a time

1

指さす

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

無む意い味み

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

1

共きょう犯はん者しゃ

accomplice; henchman

1

第だい二に

second

1

見み取とり図ず

rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint

1

一いっ直ちょく線せん

straight line

1

急いそぎ

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

こん

this

1

よりかかる

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

2

書しょ籍せき

book; publication

1

おぼろげ

vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

1

載のる

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

3

持もち去さる

to take away; to carry away

3

除じょ外がい

exception; exclusion

1

品しな物もの

goods; article; thing

3

論ろん証しょう

proof; certain truth; demonstration; argumentation

1

録ろく音おん

(audio) recording

1

やいなや

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

1

念ねん頭とうにうかぶ

to occur to one; to cross one's mind

1

片かたづける

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

1

かさばる

to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

1

隠かくし場ば所しょ

cache; place to hide something

1

なくては

without; unless; have to do

1

都つ合ごうのいい

convenient

1

タイプ

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

1

装そう置ち

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

1

ほどこす

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

1

応おう用よう

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

2

加くわえる

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

3

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Vocabulary list: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd