この事件はだれかが糸を引いているに違いない。

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English Translation

Somebody must be at the bottom of this affair.

Furigana

この事件(じけん)はだれかが糸(いと)を引(ひ)いているに違(ちが)いない。

Romanji

Kono jiken wa dare ka ga ito o hiiteiru ni chigainai.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

は (は)

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

が (が)

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

糸 (いと)

thread; yarn; string

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.

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

違い (ちがい)

difference; discrepancy