何人かの勇敢な乗客がそのすりを捕らえ、警察に引き渡した。

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English Translation

Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.

Furigana

何(なん)人(にん)かの勇敢(ゆうかん)な乗客(じょうきゃく)がそのすりを捕(と)らえ、警察(けいさつ)に引(ひわた)き渡()した。

Romanji

Nan nin ka no yūkanna jōkyaku ga sono suri o torae, keisatsu ni hikiwatashita.

Words

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

勇敢 (ゆうかん)

brave; heroic; gallant

乗客 (じょうきゃく、じょうかく)

passenger

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

掏摸 (すり、スリ)

pickpocket

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

捕らえる (とらえる)

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as)

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

引き渡す (ひきわたす)

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over