事件の説明はいろいろあるように思えたが、警察が初めに正しい説明を思いついた。

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English Translation

There seemed to be several explanations of the case, but the police hit on the right one the first time.

Furigana

事件(じけん)の説明(せつめい)はいろいろあるように思(おも)えたが、警察(けいさつ)が初(はじ)めに正(ただ)しい説明(せつめい)を思(おも)いついた。

Romanji

Jiken no setsumei wa iroiro aru yōni omoeta ga, keisatsu ga hajime ni tadashii setsumei o omoitsuita.

Words

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

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

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

は (は)

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

色々 (いろいろ)

various; various colors (colours)

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

思える (おもえる)

to seem; to appear likely

が (が)

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

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

始め (はじめ)

beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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

正しい (ただしい)

right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful

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.

思い付く (おもいつく)

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea