警察は山田の挙動を注視している。

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警察 は 山田 の 挙動 を 注視している 。

English Translation

The police were watching Yamada's movements.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は山田(やまだ)の挙動(きょどう)を注視(ちゅうし)している。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa Yamada no kyodō o chūshishiteiru.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

は (は)

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

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

挙動 (きょどう)

conduct; behavior; behaviour

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.

注視 (ちゅうし)

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

Kanji

警

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める

Meanings: admonish, commandment

察

Reading: サツ

Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand

山

Readings: サン、 セン、 やま

Meaning: mountain

田

Readings: デン、 た

Meanings: rice field, rice paddy

挙

Readings: キョ、 あ.げる、 あ.がる、 こぞ.る

Meanings: raise, plan, project, behavior, actions

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

注

Readings: チュウ、 そそ.ぐ、 さ.す、 つ.ぐ

Meanings: pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate

視

Readings: シ、 み.る

Meanings: inspection, regard as, see, look at