密みっ室しつトリック

noun

locked room trick; closed room trick

Used in mystery fiction for a crime that appears to have been committed in a sealed space with no apparent exit. The term is a compound of 密室 (locked room) and トリック (trick).

See also: トリック

• このミステリー小しょう説せつの密みっ室しつトリックはとても巧こう妙みょうだ。

  The locked room trick in this mystery novel is very ingenious.

• 密みっ室しつトリックの謎なぞを解とくのが探たん偵ていの腕うでの見みせ所どころだ。

  Solving the locked room trick is where the detective shows their skill.