私はその猿を撃たないように警官に説き伏せた。

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English Translation

I persuaded the policeman not to shoot the monkey.

Furigana

私(わたし)はその猿(さる)を撃(う)たないように警官(けいかん)に説(と)き伏(ふ)せた。

Romanji

Watashi wa sono saru o utanai yōni keikan ni tokifuseta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

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...

猿 (さる、サル)

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; bathhouse prostitute

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.

撃つ (うつ)

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge

様に (ように)

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

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

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

説き伏せる (ときふせる)

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on