この事件では警察はほとんど手がかりがない。

Sentence Analyzer

この 事件 で は 警察 は ほとんど 手がかり が ない 。

English Translation

The police have few clues to go on in this case.

Furigana

この事件(じけん)では警察(けいさつ)はほとんど手(て)がかりがない。

Romanji

Kono jiken de wa keisatsu wa hotondo tegakari ga nai.

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

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

手掛かり (てがかり)

clue; key; trail; scent; track; contact; handhold; on hand

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

件

Readings: ケン、 くだん

Meanings: affair, case, matter, item

警

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める

Meanings: admonish, commandment

察

Reading: サツ

Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand