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ひとりの警官が走って過ぎていった。

Sentence Analyzer

ひとり 警官 走って過ぎていった

English Translation

A policeman ran past.

Furigana

ひとりの警官(けいかん)(はしす)って()ぎていった。

Romanji

Hitori no keikan ga hashittesugiteitta.

Words

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)
one person; alone; unmarried; solitary
()
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
警官 (けいかん)
policeman
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
走る (はしる)
to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: カン
Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ
Readings: ソウ、 はし.る
Meaning: run
Readings: カ、 す.ぎる、 -す.ぎる、 -す.ぎ、 す.ごす、 あやま.つ、 あやま.ち、 よ.ぎる
Meanings: overdo, exceed, go beyond, error