DN Vocab Flashcards
相次ぐ
あいつぐ
One after the other, follow in succession
史上最大
しじょうさいだい
The greatest… in history
凶悪犯罪
きょうあくはんざい
Atrocious crime
首謀者
しゅぼうしゃ
Mastermind, leader of the plot
俗に
ぞくに
In laymens terms
対決
たいけつ
Showdown, confrontation
間抜け
まぬけ
Stupid, idiot
注目
ちゅうもく
Notice attention
極秘
ごくひ
Absolute secrecy
ほっとする
ほっとする
Feel relieved, sigh of relief
中継
ちゅうけい
Broadcast (tv)
銘打つ
めいうつ
To engrave an inscription, to mark, to designate itself
見逃す
みのがす
To overlook, miss
一連
いちれん
Series, chain of events
犠牲者
ぎせいしゃ
Victim
通り魔
とおりま
Slasher, random attacker
推理
すいり
Reasoning, inference
モルモット
モルモット
Guinea pig
思惑
おもわく
Expectation, anticipation
探し出す
さがしだす
To track down, locate
始末
しまつ
Settle, deal with
見届ける
みとどける
To see with one’s own eyes, to ascertain
ずいぶん
ずいぶん
Very, extremely, surprisingly
名探偵
めいたんてい
Great detective
抹殺
まっさつ
Erasure, obliteration, denial
余裕
よゆう
Surplus, margin
裏付け
うらづけ
Backing, support
死亡推定時刻
しぼうすいていじこく
Presumed time of death
ばらつき
ばらつき
Scatter, dispersion (statistics)
信憑性
しんぴょうせい
Authentic, credible
肯定
こうてい
Positive, affirmative
現象
げんしょう
Phenomenon
夜勤
やきん
Night shift
尚更
なおさら
All the more, still less
功績
こうせき
Achievement, merit
たたえる
たたえる
To give praise, extoll
表彰
ひょうしょう
Public acknowledgment
進展
しんてん
Progress, development
活躍
かつやく
Great effort, activity
きっかり
きっかり
Precisely, exactly
おきに
=ごとに
Repeated at intervals, every other
操る
あやつる
To manipulate, operate, steer
肌身離さず
はだみはなさず
Carrying close to one’s person, next to the skin
綱渡り
つなわたり
Tightrope walking
人気
ひとけ
Sign of life
こそこそ
こそこそ
Sneakily, secretly
あざ笑う
あざわらう
To sneer, ridicule
翌日
よくじつ
The next day
葬る
ほうむる
Bury, consign to oblivion, entomb
調整
ちょうせい
Regulate, coordinate
引っかかる
ひっかかる
To be caught in
漏れる
もれる
To leak out, escape, come through
素通り
すどおり
Passing through without stopping
家宅捜索
かたくそうさく
Household search
痕跡
こんせき
Traces
枠
わく
Frame, border
突き止める
つきとめる
To determine the culprit, to pin down, identify
追い詰める
おいつめる
To drive to the corner
部署異動
ぶしょいどう
Change/transfer of post/station
割と
わりと
Relatively
細工
さいく
Craftsmanship, tactics
冒す
おかす
To risk, face danger, venture
徹底的
てっていてき
Thorough, complete
ダントツ
だんとつ
Creme de la creme, by far the best
威信
いしん
Dignity
回りくどい
まわりくどい
Beating around the bush, indirect, circuitous
目障り
めざわり
Eyesore, unpleasant sight
優等生
ゆうとうせい
Honor student
拳銃
けんじゅう
Pistol, handgun
だらだら
だらだら
Trickling, dripping
漠然
ばくぜん
Obscure, vague
縮む
ちぢむ
Shrink, contract, diminish
口が裂けても
くちがさけても
I won’t say anything no matter what
論外
ろんがい
Out of the question
君臨
くんりん
Reigning, controlling
堕落
だらく
Depravity, corruption, degeneration
尾行
びこう
To tail someone, follow
遺書
いしょ
Suicide letter
牢
ろう
Prison, jail
脱走
だっそう
Desert, escape
忠実
ちゅうじつ
Faithful, loyal, devoted
再現
さいげん
Reproduce, revive
襲う
おそう
To attack, assail
余地
よち
Margin, place, room
騒ぐ
さわぐ
To make a noise
幻覚
げんかく
Hallucination
溜息
ためいき
Sigh
撥ねられる
はねられる
To get hit by a car
潜伏
せんぷく
Concealment, hiding
手掛かり
てがかり
Clue, trail, scent
冷酷
れいこく
Coldheartedness, cruelty
屈す
くっす
To yield, give in
誇り
ほこり
Pride, boast
婦女暴行
ふじょぼうこう
Rape
起訴
きそ
Prosecution, indictment
奪う
うばう
To snatch away, steal
人質
ひとじち
Hostage, prisoner
仕事柄
しごとがら
Work related
封筒
ふうとう
Envelope
見解
けんかい
Opinion, point of view
編成
へんせい
Composition, formation
相性
あいしょう
Affinity, compatability
網棚
あみだな
Luggage rack
粛正
しゅくせい
Regulation, enforcement
宣言
せんげん
Declaration, proclamatio
壮絶
そうぜつ
Grand, epic, heroic, sublime
巧み
たくみ
Skill, cleverness
仕業
しわざ
Deed (usually negative), act, action
不審
ふしん
incomplete understanding, doubt, question, distrust, suspicion, strangeness
差し金
さしがね
Instigation, suggestion
絞る
しぼる
To squeeze, press, extort, exploit
士等
しとう
Magazines like…
振る舞う
ふるまう
To behave, to conduct oneself, entertain, make tea ceremony
然うとも
そうとも
Exactly right!, indeed, damn straight
台無し
だいなし
Spoil, ruin, waste
テロップ
テロップ
Onscreen text, captions
宣戦
せんせん
Declaration of war
死刑囚
しけいしゅう
Criminals condemned to death
限度
げんど
Limits, bounds
見極める
みきわめる
Ascertain, make sure
潔白
けっぱく
Innocence, non-guilt
すんなり
すんなり
Smoothly, without difficulty, easily, readily
液晶テレビ
えきしょうテレビ
LCD TV
視線
しせん
Ones line of sight, gaze
脅し
おどし
Threat
引っ手繰り
ひったくり
Purse snatching
横領
おうりょう
Embezzlement, misappropriation
窃盗
せっとう
Theft, stealing, larceny
把握
はあく
Grasp, understanding, catch
容疑者
ようぎしゃ
Suspect
尋問
じんもん
Cross examination
冒瀆
ぼうとく
Blasphemy, sacrilege, profanity
大げさ
おおげさ
Exaggerated, grandiose
感無量
かんむりょう
deep feeling, inexpressible feeling, filled with emotion
屈辱
くつじょく
disgrace, humiliation
断然
だんぜん
firmly, absolutely, definitely
温室育ち
おんしつそだち
sheltered upbringing
秀才
しゅうさい
prodigy
野生
やせい
wild, growing wild
相当
そうとう
befitting, becoming, worthy of, proportionate, in keeping with, suitable
壇上
だんじょう
on a stage, on a platform, on an altar
苦学生
くがくせい
working (self-supporting) student
手腕
しゅわん
ability
漏らす
もらす
to let leak, to reveal
誓って
ちかって
surely, upon my word, by Jove
動揺
どうよう
shaking, trembling, pitching, rolling, oscillation
名乗る
なのる
to call oneself (name, label, etc.), to give one’s name (as), to impersonate or claim (to be someone)
先手
せんて
the first move, forestalling, initiative
やけに
やけに
awfully, frightfully, desperately, violently, unduly, extremely
丸潰れ
まるつぶれ
losing (something) completely (e.g. face)、complete ruin, collapse
親睦
しんぼく
friendship, amity
国籍
こくせき
nationality
裏腹
うらはら
opposite, reverse, contrary
それすら
even that
濃厚
のうこう
possibility, likelihood
卓越
たくえつ
preeminence, excellence, superiority, transcendence
理屈
りくつ
theory, reason
過る
よぎる
to go by, to cross, to pass by, to float across
未遂
みすい
attempt (e.g. at crime)
葛藤
かっとう
conflict, complication, troubles, discord
わずか
わずか
only, merely, (a) little, small quantity
随時
ずいじ
at any time, as occasion calls
抵抗
ていこう
resistance, opposition, standing up to
裕福
ゆうふく
affluence, prosperity
見せしめ
みせしめ
lesson, example, warning
純粋
じゅんすい
pure, true, genuine, unmixed
専用
せんよう
exclusive use, personal use, dedicated
妥当
だとう
valid, proper, right, appropriate
動じる
どうじる
to be perturbed, to be agitated
従業員
じゅうぎょういん
employee, worker
逮捕
たいほ
arrest, apprehension, capture
やらせ
やらせ
faked situation、prearranged performances
報い
むくい
reward, recompense, return, punishment, retribution
奪う
うばう
to snatch away, to dispossess, to steal
堪える
こらえる
to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with
閑散
かんさん
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets), very few people
盾
たて
shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext
巻き添え
まきぞえ
getting involved (entangled) in, getting mixed up in, involvement, by-blow
誇張
こちょう
exaggeration
免れる
まぬがれる
to escape from, to be rescued from, to avoid, to evade, to avert, to elude, to be exempted, to be relieved from pain, to get rid of
悪あがき
わるあがき
useless resistance, vain struggle
駆けつける
かけつける
to run to, to come running, to rush (someplace), to hasten
殺傷
さっしょう
killing and wounding, casualties, bloodshed
勝る
まさる
to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival
生贄
いけにえ
sacrifice, scapegoat
卑劣
ひれつ
mean, foul play, cowardly, base
野放し
のばなし
leaving something to take care of itself
把握
はあく
grasp, catch, understanding
拒む
こばむ
to refuse, to reject, to decline
ろくに
ろくに
well, enough, sufficient
指紋
しもん
fingerprint
浸透
しんとう
permeation, penetration, soaking
偽装
ぎそう
disguise, camouflage, masquerade
巧妙
こうみょう
ingenious, skillful, clever, deft
逮捕
たいほ
arrest, apprehension, capture
伏せる
ふせる
to lay something upside down, to turn something over, to lay something face down
純粋
じゅんすい
pure, true, genuine, unmixed
いざとなったら
いざとなったら
when push comes to shove, when needed, when necessity arises, when the moment arrives
慎み
つつしみ
modesty, self-control, discretion
撹乱
かくらん
disturbance, perturbation, derangement
仕向ける
しむける
to induce, to tempt, to treat, to act toward, to handle (men), to send, to forward to
検閲
けんえつ
censorship, inspection, examination
片棒
かたぼう
partner, accomplice
担ぐ
かつぐ
to shoulder, to carry on one’s shoulder
野次馬
やじうま
curious onlookers, rubbernecks
崇拝
すうはい
worship, adoration, admiration, cult
封鎖
ふうさ
blockade、freezing (funds)
誓う
ちかう
to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge
不審者
ふしんしゃ
suspicious person
阻止
そし
obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention, impediment, interdiction, preemption, blocking
憑く
つく
to possess, to haunt
掟
おきて
a law
立候補
りっこうほ
announcing candidacy, becoming a candidate
名簿
めいぼ
register of names, list of names, roll, register
形跡
けいせき
traces, evidence
投函
とうかん
mailing, posting
該当
がいとう
corresponding to, being applicable to, coming under, falling under, applying to, fulfilling, qualifying as
英雄
えいゆう
hero, heroine, great person
展開
てんかい
development, evolution, progressing, unfolding
それどころか
それどころか
on the contrary
インチキ
いんちき
cheating, fake, bogus
撮影
さつえい
photography (still or motion), photographing, filming, shooting, (video) recording
便箋
びんせん
writing paper, stationery
冤罪
えんざい
false charge, false accusation, misrepresentation
諸共
もろとも
(all) together
そうとも
そうとも
exactly right!, indeed, damn straight
唯一
ゆいいつ
only, sole, unique
白馬の騎士
はくばのきし
white knight, knight in shining armor
随時
ずいじ
at any time, as occasion calls
漠然
ばくぜん
obscure, vague, equivocal
モテモテ
もてもて
sexy, popular, well-liked
一目惚れ
ひとめぼれ
love at first sight, being taken with someone at the first meeting
満更でもない
まんざらでもない
not all bad, not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
風貌
ふうぼう
looks, appearance
親密
しんみつ
intimacy, friendship
心底
しんそこ
one’s innermost depths, completely (from the bottom of one’s heart)
惚れる
ほれる
to fall in love, to be in love, to be charmed with, to lose one’s heart to
躊躇
ちゅうちょ
hesitation, indecision, vacillation
上辺
うわべ
seeming, exterior, surface, outside, outward appearance
把握
はあく
grasp, catch, understanding
隠蔽
いんぺい
concealment, suppression, hiding
どさくさ
どさくさ
confusion, turmoil
紛れる
まぎれる
to be diverted, to slip into
繊維
せんい
fibre, fiber, textile
逮捕
たいほ
arrest, apprehension, capture
事情聴取
じじょうちょうしゅ
inquiry, enquiry, investigation, (police) interview, questioning (e.g. witness, suspect), hearing
理不尽
りふじん
unreasonable, irrational, outrageous, absurd
所有権
しょゆうけん
ownership, dominion, ownership rights, proprietorship, property rights
放棄
ほうき
abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)
縛る
しばる
to tie, to bind
託す
たくす
to entrust
促す
うながす
to urge, to press, to prompt, to suggest, to demand, to stimulate, to quicken, to incite, to invite (attention to)
投身
とうしん
throwing oneself to one’s death, precipitating oneself to one’s death, leaping to one’s death
放棄
ほうき
abandonment, renunciation, resignation, abdication (responsibility, right)
惚ける
とぼける
to play dumb, to feign ignorance, to play innocent, to have a blank facial expression
チュー
ちゅう
kiss
黙秘
もくひ
keep silent, keep a secret
悪あがき
わるあがき
useless resistance, vain struggle
九分九厘
くぶくりん
ten to one, nine cases out of ten
事情聴取
じじょうちょうしゅ
inquiry, enquiry, investigation, (police) interview, questioning (e.g. witness, suspect), hearing
洞察力
どうさつりょく
insight, discernment, perception, perspicacity, acumen
拘束
こうそく
restriction, restraint, binding, constraint
堅物
かたぶつ
straight-laced or stubborn person
勘当
かんどう
disinheritance
一芝居
ひとしばい
trick, act
潜む
ひそむ
trick, act
承諾
しょうだく
consent, acquiescence, agreement
辻褄
つじつま
coherence, consistency
はめる
はめる
To set someone up (i.e. frame them for a crime, etc.), to fuck
撤回
てっかい
withdrawal, revocation, repeal
真相
しんそう
truth, real situation
思う壺
おもうつぼ
one’s wishes, one’s expectations
空砲
くうほう
empty gun, gun loaded with blanks, firing a blank
いざとなったら/ならば
when push comes to shove, when needed, when necessity arises, when the moment arrives
不服
ふふく
dissatisfaction, discontent, disapproval, objection, complaint, protest, disagreement
踏みにじる
ふみにじる
to trample underfoot, to tread on, to crush with a foot
飛躍
ひやく
making great strides, making rapid progress、emerging
臆病風
おくびょうかぜ
loss of nerve
とてつもない
とてつもない
extravagant, absurd, unbelievable, preposterous, unreasonable
遡る
さかのぼる
to go upstream、to go back (in time, to origin), to date back to, to trace back to, to make retroactive
贈賄
ぞうわい
bribery, corruption, graft
片っ端
かたっぱし
one edge, one end, one side
滅びる
ほろびる
to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
未練
みれん
lingering affection, attachment, regret, regrets, reluctance, ruefulness
殉職
じゅんしょく
dying at one’s post, being killed in the line of duty
意固地
いこじ
obstinate, stubborn, obdurate, headstrong, willful, perverse
白々しい
しらじらしい
barefaced (e.g. lie), shameless, transparent
把握
はあく
grasp, catch, understanding
詐欺師
さぎし
swindler, imposter, crook, cheater