その警官は犯人が逃げるのを見つけた。

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その警官は犯人が逃げるのを見つけた。

English Translation

The police caught sight of the criminal running away.

Furigana

その警官(けいかん)は犯人(はんにん)が逃(に)げるのを見(み)つけた。

Romanji

Sono keikan wa hannin ga nigeru no o mitsuketa.

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...

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

は (は)

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

犯人 (はんにん)

offender; criminal

が (が)

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

逃げる (にげる)

to escape; to run away

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

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.

見つける (みつける、みっける)

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with