Glossary

APTX 4869

APTX 4869

Experimental poison created by Ai Haibara for the Black Organization. See main article.

DL

Deputy Lieutenant.

Kanji

Kanji (漢字 ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana (ひらがな, 平仮名), katakana (カタカナ, 片仮名), Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet (known as the Romanization of Japanese, or "Rōmaji").

Shōnen

Shōnen (少年 ,少年), shonen, or shounen, is a Kanji word literally meaning few years and generally referring to a typical boy, from elementary school through high school age. Shōnen manga is a popular genre of Japanese comics, generally about action/fighting but often contains a sense of humor and strong growing friendship-bonds between the characters.

Tankōbon (or Tankoubon)

Tankōbon (単行本 ), with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series, though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series.

Yen

The yen (円 ,en) (sign: ¥; code: JPY) is the currency of Japan.