泥棒は警官が見た時に逃げた。

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泥棒 は 警官 が 見た 時に 逃げた 。

English Translation

The thief took flight when the policeman saw him.

Furigana

泥棒(どろぼう)は警官(けいかん)が見(み)た時(とき)に逃(に)げた。

Romanji

Dorobō wa keikan ga mita tokini nigeta.

Words

泥棒 (どろぼう)

thief; burglar; robber; theft

は (は)

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

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

が (が)

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

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

逃げる (にげる)

to escape; to run away

Kanji

泥

Readings: デイ、 ナイ、 デ、 ニ、 どろ

Meanings: mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to

棒

Reading: ボウ

Meanings: rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line

警

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める

Meanings: admonish, commandment

官

Reading: カン

Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

逃

Readings: トウ、 に.げる、 に.がす、 のが.す、 のが.れる

Meanings: escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free