５人の囚人は捕まったが、残り３人は今も逃走中だ。

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English Translation

Five prisoners were recaptured, but three others are still at large.

Furigana

５人(にん)の囚人(しゅうじん)は捕(つか)まったが、残(のこ)り３人(にん)は今(いま)も逃走中(とうそうちゅう)だ。

Romanji

Go nin no shūjin wa tsukamatta ga, nokori san nin wa ima mo tōsōchū da.

Words

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

囚人 (しゅうじん、めしゅうど、めしうど)

prisoner

は (は)

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

捕まる (つかまる)

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi); to be detained by

が (が)

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

残り (のこり)

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative