密室殺人

密室殺人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
密	室	殺	人
みつ > みっ Grade: 6	しつ Grade: 2	さつ Grade: 5	じん Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
密室殺人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 密室 (misshitsu, “room locked from the inside”) +‎ 殺人 (satsujin, “murder”).

Noun

密(みっ)室(しつ)殺(さつ)人(じん) • (misshitsu satsujin) 

1. a locked-room murder (murder in a room locked from the inside)
   • 1995 June 1 [Feb 17 1993], Kanari, Yōzaburō; Satō, Fumiya, “オペラ座(ざ)館(かん)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)②(に) [The Opera House Murder Case #2]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], volume 1 (fiction), 14th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 100:

     わかんねーのかよ　あんた刑(けい)事(じ)だろ？〝密(みっ)室(しつ)殺(さつ)人(じん)〟だよ　これは‼

     Wakan nē no ka yo Anta keiji daro? 〝Misshitsu satsujin〟da yo kore wa‼

     Don’t you get it? You’re a detective for crying out loud. This is a "locked-room murder"!!

     〝密(みっ)室(しつ)殺(さつ)人(じん)〟⁉

     〝Misshitsu satsujin〟⁉

     "Locked-room murder"!?