Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Vocabulary list

振しん動どう

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

1

とぐろを解ほどく

to uncoil itself

1

ずっしり

heavily; profoundly

1

手て探さぐり

fumbling; groping

1

したたか

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

1

破は裂れつ

bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off

1

ずぶり

stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)

4

突つき刺ささる

to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed

4

のた打うち回まわる

to writhe (in pain)

1

てらてら

gleamingly; shinily

1

鮮せん緑りょく

bright green

1

色しょく

counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face

1

鎌かま首くび

sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck

2

サーベル

saber (cavalry sword); sabre

1

どす黒ぐろい

darkish; dusky; dark; murky

1

尾お

tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

5

のたうつ

to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle

1

球たま

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

1

両りょう眼がん

both eyes

3

苦く痛つう

pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

3

のたうち回まわる

to writhe (in pain)

2

小こ童わっぱ

boy; child; youth; brat

3

鱗うろこ

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

1

どくどく

gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream

1

掃はく

to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms

2

頼たのみの綱つな

last ray of hope; only hope

1

身みを伏ふせる

to lie face-down

1

ノックアウト

knockout

1

嗅かぎ出だす

to scent out; to detect

1

すっくと

straight; upright; erect

1

とぐろ

coil

2

血ちを流ながす

to shed blood

1

やみくも

reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

1

襲おそいかかる

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

1

舌した先さき

tip of tongue

1

打ぶち当あたる

to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

1

諸もろ手て

both hands

1

違たがう

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)

1

体たい重じゅう

(body) weight

1

鍔つば

guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange

2

口こう蓋がい

palate

1

生なま暖あたたかい

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

どっぷり

totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted

2

傷きず口ぐち

(opening of a) wound; cut

2

灼しゃく熱ねつ

becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent

1

暗あん色しょく

dark colour; dark color

1

爪つま音おと

clang of hoofs; sound of a koto

1

もつれる

to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult

1

貫つらぬく

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

4

つややか

glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

1

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Vocabulary list: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets