負傷した男性は警察が到着する前は道路に横たわっていた。

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English Translation

The injured man lay in the street before the police arrived.

Furigana

負傷(ふしょう)した男性(だんせい)は警察(けいさつ)が到着(とうちゃく)する前(まえ)は道路(どうろ)に横(よこ)たわっていた。

Romanji

Fushōshita dansei wa keisatsu ga tōchakusuru mae wa dōro ni yokotawatteita.

Words

負傷 (ふしょう)

injury; wound

男性 (だんせい)

man; male; masculine gender

は (は)

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

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

が (が)

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

到着 (とうちゃく)

arrival

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

道路 (どうろ)

road; highway

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

横たわる (よこたわる)

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait