Thursday, December 15, 2011

What do they call "cold cases" in Japanese?

Question:


I know there's plenty of terms with the same meaning whose literal translations differ A LOT. So I'm wondering if there's a term for what we call "cold cases." That is, a murder case that has gone unsolved for a very long time, to the point it's "cold."

Answer:


We have expressions such as;
未解決事件 mikaiketsu-jiken http://eow.alc.co.jp/%e6%9c%aa%e8%a7%a3%…
迷宮入り meikyuu-iri http://eow.alc.co.jp/%e8%bf%b7%e5%ae%ae%…
Literally means "get into a labyrinth”
”迷宮入りとなった事件” = "cold case"
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