私服警官が終始大統領の身辺を固めていた。

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English Translation

The private detectives accompanied the President everywhere.

Furigana

私服(しふく)警官(けいかん)が終始(しゅうし)大統領(だいとうりょう)の身辺(しんぺん)を固(かた)めていた。

Romanji

Shifuku keikan ga shūshi daitōryō no shinpen o katameteita.

Words

私服 (しふく)

civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

が (が)

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

終始 (しゅうし)

beginning and end; from beginning to end; doing a thing from beginning to end; consistently; the whole time

大統領 (だいとうりょう)

president; chief executive

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

身辺 (しんぺん)

one's person; around one's person

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.

固める (かためる)

to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt); to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate; to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence); to fortify; to reinforce; to support; to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.); to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise; to tie tightly; to fasten; to hold a bow fully drawn