パトロール・カーは、違反のスピードを出して走っていたスポーツ・カーを追ったが、結局無駄だった。

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パトロール・かーは、違反のスピードを出して走っていたスポーツ・かーを追ったが、結局無駄だった。

English Translation

The patrol car pursued a speeding sports car, but it all ended in a wild-goose chase.

Furigana

パトロール・カーは、違反(いはん)のスピードを出(だ)して走(はし)っていたスポーツ・カーを追(お)ったが、結局(けっきょく)無駄(むだ)だった。

Romanji

Patoro-ru ka- wa, ihan no supi-do o dashite hashitteita supo-tsu ka- o otta ga, kekkyoku muda datta.

Words

パトロール (パトロール、パトロウル)

patrol

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

カー (カー)

car

は (は)

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

違反 (いはん)

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention

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

スピード (スピード)

speed

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.

出す (だす)

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to show; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish; to make public; to send (e.g. letter); to produce (a sound); to start (fire); to serve (food); to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...

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

スポーツ (スポーツ)

sport; sports

追う (おう)

to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend); to drive out; to oust; to expel; to drive (i.e. a herd); (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

が (が)

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

結局 (けっきょく)

after all; eventually; in the end

無駄 (むだ)

futility; uselessness; pointlessness

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative