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調査団は墜落の原因について綿密な調査を行っています。

Sentence Analyzer

調査団 墜落 原因 について 綿密な 調査 行っています

English Translation

Investigators are running a probe into what caused the crash.

Furigana

調査団(ちょうさだん)墜落(ついらく)原因(げんいん)について綿密(めんみつ)調査(ちょうさ)(おこな)っています。

Romanji

Chōsadan wa tsuiraku no gen'in nitsuite menmitsuna chōsa o okonatteimasu.

Words

調査団 (ちょうさだん)
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
墜落 (ついらく)
falling; crashing
()
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
原因 (げんいん)
cause; origin; source
に就いて (について)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
綿密 (めんみつ)
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
調査 (ちょうさ)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
()
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.
行う (おこなう)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

Kanji

調
Readings: チョウ、 しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える
Meanings: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate
Reading: 
Meaning: investigate
Readings: ダン、 トン、 かたまり、 まる.い
Meanings: group, association
Readings: ツイ、 お.ちる、 お.つ
Meanings: crash, fall (down)
Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む
Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
綿
Readings: メン、 わた
Meaning: cotton
Readings: ミツ、 ひそ.か
Meanings: secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank