Sherlock Holmes: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Vocabulary list

身みを包つつむ

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

1

洗せん練れん

polish; refinement

1

物もの腰ごし

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

1

久ひさしぶり

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

1

がっちり

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

2

家か督とく

heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family

1

継つぐ

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

1

地じ所しょ

estate; plot of land

1

選せん出しゅつ

election; selection; choice

1

議ぎ員いん

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

1

なにかと

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

2

あっと言いわせる

to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"

1

実じっ践せん

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)

1

しぼる

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

生せい計けいを立たてる

to make a living

3

だからなんだ

so what!; who gives a damn?

1

埒らちが明あく

to come to a settlement

1

桁けた外はずれ

incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal

2

想そう像ぞうがつく

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

5

何なんカ月げつ

how many months?; how long?

2

ご無ぶ沙さ汰た

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

1

喉のどから手てが出でる

to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

1

心こころの奥おく

inner heart

1

皆みんな

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

2

さじを投なげる

to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel

2

腕うで試だめし

trying one's ability

1

紙かみ巻まき煙草たばこ

cigarette

2

大おおまか

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

3

独どく身しん

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

3

入いり組くむ

to become complicated

2

古ふる屋や

old house; deserted house

1

敷しき

spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

1

猟りょう

hunting; shooting; game; quarry

1

泊とまりがけ

staying over

2

不ふ手て際ぎわ

clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

1

下げ男なん

manservant

2

世せ話わ係がかり

attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker

1

古ふる株かぶ

old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots

1

ブラントン

Blanton

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時じ分ぶん

time; hour; season; time of the year

1

教きょう師し

teacher (classroom)

3

申もうし分ぶんない

no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

1

端たん正せい

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

4

かれこれ

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

1

外がい国こく語ご

foreign language

1

習しゅう得とく

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

楽がっ器き

musical instrument

1

上じょう手ず

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

こなす

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

1

豊ゆたか

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

3

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Vocabulary list: Sherlock Holmes: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes