５００人の警官が厳重な警備態勢おかれた。

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English Translation

500 policemen were put on strict alert.

Furigana

５００人(にん)の警官(けいかん)が厳重(げんじゅう)な警備(けいび)態勢(たいせい)おかれた。

Romanji

Go zero zero nin no keikan ga genjūna keibi taisei okareta.

Words

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

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

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

が (が)

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

厳重 (げんじゅう)

strict; rigour; rigor; severe; firm; strong; secure

警備 (けいび)

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

態勢 (たいせい)

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state