私がそれらの手紙を読むにつれて、教皇が真犯人だと分かってきた。

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English Translation

As I read through the letters, I realized that the Pope was the true culprit.

Furigana

私(わたし)がそれらの手紙(てがみ)を読(よ)むにつれて、教皇(きょうこう)が真犯人(しんはんにん)だと分(わ)かってきた。

Romanji

Watashi ga sorera no tegami o yomu nitsurete, kyōkō ga shinhannin da to wakattekita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

其れ等 (それら)

those (near the second person)

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

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

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.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

教皇 (きょうこう)

Pope

真犯人 (しんはんにん)

the real criminal; true culprit

だ (だ)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out