２人の警官は夜盗を逮捕した。２人は夜盗がミラー夫人宅にしのび込もうとした現場を押さえたのだ。

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English Translation

Two policemen arrested a burglar. They caught him sneaking into Mrs. Miller's.

Furigana

２人(にん)の警官(けいかん)は夜盗(やとう)を逮捕(たいほ)した。２人(にん)は夜盗(やとう)がミラー夫人(ふじん)宅(たく)にしのび込(こ)もうとした現場(げんば)を押(お)さえたのだ。

Romanji

Ni nin no keikan wa yatō o taihoshita. ni nin wa yatō ga Mira- fujin taku ni shinobi komou to shita genba o osaeta no da.

Words

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

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

は (は)

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

夜盗 (やとう)

night burglar

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.

逮捕 (たいほ)

arrest; apprehension; capture

が (が)

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

ミラー (ミラー)

mirror

夫人 (ふじん、ぶにん、はしかし)

wife; Mrs; madam; wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); consort of the emperor

宅 (たく)

house; home; husband

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

偲ぶ (しのぶ)

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for

込む (こむ)

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly; to do intently; to continue in the same state

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

現場 (げんば、げんじょう)

actual spot; scene; scene of the crime; site; location; setting; shop floor; factory floor; (on) site

押さえる (おさえる)

to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb; to seize; to grasp; to arrest; to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress; to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand

だ (だ)

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