My words

科

か

department, section, faculty, school, arm, course (of study), branch of study, specialization, (taxonomical) family

卒

そつ

low-ranking soldier, graduation, outgrowing, moving on (from), low-ranking samurai (1870-1872), death (of a noble, etc.)

英文科

えいぶんか

department of English literature

勤務

きんむ

service, duty, work

大阪生まれ

Ōsaka umare

Born in Osaka

捜査

そうさ

search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry, Ermittlung

被害者

ひがいしゃ

victim, injured party, sufferer

曲がる

まがる

to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist, to turn, to be awry, to be crooked, abbiegen

住宅街

じゅうたくがい

residential area, Wohngebiet

洒落た

しゃれた

stylish, smart, tasteful, fashionable, witty, d. chic

一戸建て

いっこだて

detached house, stand-alone house, single-family home, Einfamilienhaus

表通り

おもてどおり

main street

喧騒

けんそう

tumult, great noise, clatter, hustle and bustle, Lärm

一角

いっかく イッカク

corner, section, point, part, one horn, narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

風

ふう

method, manner, way, style, appearance, air, tendency, folk song (genre of the Shi Jing), wind (one of the five elements)

英国

えいこく

Great Britain, the United Kingdom

名付ける

なづける

to name, to call, to christen, to term

通

つう

connoisseur, authority, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.; Kenner

インテリア

interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.), interior design, Inneneinrichtung

輸入

ゆにゅう しゅにゅう

importation, import, introduction, afferent, Einfuhr

その内

そのうち

before very long, soon, eventually, sooner or later, of the previously mentioned

何人か

なんにんか

some people, einige

常連客

じょうれんきゃく

regular customer, Stammgast

自ら

みずから

for ones self, personally, selbst

名乗る

なのる

to call oneself (name, label, etc.), to give ones name (as), to impersonate or claim (to be someone)

探偵

たんてい

detective, sleuth, investigator

近所

きんじょ

neighbourhood, neighborhood

揉め事

もめごと

quarrel, trouble, dispute, friction (between people), Probleme

交代で

こうたいで

alternately, by turns, abwechselnd

奥

おく

interior, inner part, inside, hinten