泥棒が見つかって警官に毒づいた。

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泥棒 が 見つかって 警官 に 毒づいた 。

English Translation

The thief cursed the police for finding him.

Furigana

泥棒(どろぼう)が見(み)つかって警官(けいかん)に毒(どく)づいた。

Romanji

Dorobō ga mitsukatte keikan ni dokuzuita.

Words

泥棒 (どろぼう)

thief; burglar; robber; theft

が (が)

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

見つかる (みつかる)

to be found; to be discovered

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

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

毒づく (どくづく)

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

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

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

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

警

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める

Meanings: admonish, commandment

官

Reading: カン

Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ

毒

Reading: ドク

Meanings: poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite