窃盗の現場を押さえられた。

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窃盗 の 現場 を 押さえられた 。

English Translation

He was caught in the act of stealing.

Furigana

窃盗(せっとう)の現場(げんば)を押(お)さえられた。

Romanji

Settō no genba o osaerareta.

Words

窃盗 (せっとう)

theft; stealing; larceny

の (の)

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

現場 (げんば、げんじょう)

actual spot; scene; scene of the crime; site; location; setting; shop floor; factory floor; (on) site

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.

押さえる (おさえる)

to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb; to seize; to grasp; to arrest; to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress; to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand

Kanji

窃

Readings: セツ、 ぬす.む、 ひそ.か

Meanings: stealth, steal, secret, private, hushed

盗

Readings: トウ、 ぬす.む、 ぬす.み

Meanings: steal, rob, pilfer

現

Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ

Meanings: present, existing, actual

場

Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば

Meanings: location, place

押

Readings: オウ、 お.す、 お.し-、 お.っ-、 お.さえる、 おさ.える

Meanings: push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of