警察が医療事故の立件に消極的だ。

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警察が医療事故の立件に消極的だ。

English Translation

The police are reluctant to pursue criminal charges in medical cases.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)が医療(いりょう)事故(じこ)の立件(りっけん)に消極的(しょうきょくてき)だ。

Romanji

Keisatsu ga iryō jiko no rikken ni shōkyokuteki da.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

が (が)

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

医療 (いりょう)

medical care; medical treatment

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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

立件 (りっけん)

assembling a case (for prosecution); precondition or prerequisite for prosecution; to build a criminal case against someone

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

消極的 (しょうきょくてき)

negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic

だ (だ)

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