州知事は黒い金に手をつけました。

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州知事は黒い金に手をつけました。

English Translation

The governor took the money out of a slush fund.

Furigana

州(しゅう)知事(ちじ)は黒(くろ)い金(きん)に手(て)をつけました。

Romanji

Shū chiji wa kuroi kin ni te o tsukemashita.

Words

州 (しゅう)

state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China); continent; dear

知事 (ちじ)

prefectural governor

は (は)

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

黒い (くろい)

black; dark; illicit; wicked; underground

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

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.

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up