彼らはこの事件を目撃したことを報告した。

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彼ら は この 事件 を 目撃した こと を 報告した 。

English Translation

They reported seeing the incident.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らはこの事件(じけん)を目撃(もくげき)したことを報告(ほうこく)した。

Romanji

Karera wa kono jiken o mokugekishita koto o hōkokushita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

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.

目撃 (もくげき)

witnessing; observing; sighting

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

報告 (ほうこく)

report; information

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

件

Readings: ケン、 くだん

Meanings: affair, case, matter, item

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

撃

Readings: ゲキ、 う.つ

Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer

報

Readings: ホウ、 むく.いる

Meanings: report, news, reward, retribution

告

Readings: コク、 つ.げる

Meanings: revelation, tell, inform, announce