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その泥棒はまるで警官のような変装をした。

Sentence Analyzer

その 泥棒 まるで 警官 ような 変装 した

English Translation

The thief disguised himself as a policeman.

Furigana

その泥棒(どろぼう)はまるで警官(けいかん)のような変装(へんそう)をした。

Romanji

Sono dorobō wa marude keikan no yōna hensō o shita.

Words

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...
泥棒 (どろぼう)
thief; burglar; robber; theft
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
丸で (まるで)
quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like
警官 (けいかん)
policeman
()
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
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
変装 (へんそう)
disguise; masquerade
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: デイ、 ナイ、 デ、 ニ、 どろ
Meanings: mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to
Reading: ボウ
Meanings: rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: カン
Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 よそお.う、 よそお.い
Meanings: attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess