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Zach

その警官はいなくなった少年を捜した。

Sentence Analyzer

その 警官 いなく なった 少年 捜した

English Translation

The police searched for the lost boy.

Furigana

その警官(けいかん)はいなくなった少年(しょうねん)(さが)した。

Romanji

Sono keikan wa inaku natta shōnen o sagashita.

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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
要る (いる)
to need; to want
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
()
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.
探す (さがす)
to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: カン
Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ソウ、 シュ、 シュウ、 さが.す
Meanings: search, look for, locate