嫉妬がその殺人の動機だった。

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嫉妬がその殺人の動機だった。

English Translation

Jealousy was the motive for the murder.

Furigana

嫉妬(しっと)がその殺人(さつじん)の動機(どうき)だった。

Romanji

Shitto ga sono satsujin no dōki datta.

Words

嫉妬 (しっと)

jealousy; envy

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

殺人 (さつじん)

murder

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

動機 (どうき)

motive; incentive; motif

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative