囚人は連行していた看守の手を振り切って脱走した。

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English Translation

The prisoner broke away from the guards who were holding him.

Furigana

囚人(しゅうじん)は連行(れんこう)していた看守(かんしゅ)の手(て)を振(ふ)り切(き)って脱走(だっそう)した。

Romanji

Shūjin wa renkōshiteita kanshu no te o furikitte dassōshita.

Words

囚人 (しゅうじん、めしゅうど、めしうど)

prisoner

は (は)

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

連行 (れんこう)

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

看守 (かんしゅ)

jailer; gaoler

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

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.

振り切る (ふりきる)

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely

脱走 (だっそう)

desertion; escape