Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four – Vocabulary list

赤せっ褐かっ色しょく

reddish brown; rufous

1

名な残ごり

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

とどめる

to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin

1

特とく徴ちょう的てき

distinctive; characteristic

1

初しょ志し

one's original intention; one's original purpose; one's original aim

1

容よう易い

easy; simple; plain

2

まげる

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

髪かみ

hair (on the head)

2

平へい静せい

calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind

2

今いましがた

a moment ago; just now

1

激げき

extremely; terrifically; super

1

昴すばる

Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters

1

太ふとい

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

1

挑ちょう戦せん的てき

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

1

呈ていする

to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)

1

手て錠じょう

handcuffs; manacles

3

背せ中なか

back (of the body)

3

丸まるめる

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)

1

悪あく事じ

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

怒いかり

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

2

悲かなしみ

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

こっけい

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

率そっ直ちょく

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

手て出だし

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

1

トンガ

Tonga

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親おや兄きょう弟だい

parents and siblings; one's relatives

1

悲かなしむ

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

1

ひっぱたく

to slap; to strike; to spank

2

返かえし

reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

ずぶ濡ぬれ

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

1

非ひ力りき

powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless

1

おどす

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

おける

in; at; for

4

居い合あわせる

to happen to be present

1

隠かくし立だて

secrecy; keeping secret

1

弁べん護ご

defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

2

気き軽がる

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

バラす

to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with

1

屁へ

fart; gas; wind; worthless thing; insignificant thing

1

争あらそう

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

1

牢ろう屋や

jail; gaol; jailhouse

2

身み柄がら

one's person

1

あずかる

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

2

白はく状じょう

confession

1

力ちからになる

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

1

今いままで

until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

1

身み震ぶるい

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

1

半はん殺ごろし

half killed

1

と思おもったら

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

さっさと

quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly

3

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Vocabulary list: Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four