警察は学校で大量の薬物を押収した。

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警察は学校で大量の薬物を押収した。

English Translation

The police seized a large quantity of drugs at the school.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は学校(がっこう)で大量(たいりょう)の薬物(やくぶつ)を押収(おうしゅう)した。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa gakkō de tairyō no yakubutsu o ōshūshita.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

学校 (がっこう)

school

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

大量 (たいりょう)

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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

薬物 (やくぶつ)

medicines; drugs

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.

押収 (おうしゅう)

seizure; confiscation