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Zach

彼らがどうやって脱獄したのかなぞだ。

Sentence Analyzer

彼ら どう やって 脱獄した なぞ

English Translation

It is a mystery how they escaped from prison.

Furigana

(かれ)らがどうやって脱獄(だつごく)したのかなぞだ。

Romanji

Karera ga dō yatte datsugokushita no ka nazo da.

Words

彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
遣る (やる)
to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...
脱獄 (だつごく)
prison breaking; jailbreak; gaolbreak
()
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
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
何ぞ (なんぞ、なにぞ、なぞ)
something; what; why; how
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ダツ、 ぬ.ぐ、 ぬ.げる
Meanings: undress, removing, escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off
Reading: ゴク
Meanings: prison, jail