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殺害の動機は明らかではない。

Sentence Analyzer

殺害 動機 明らか ない

English Translation

The motive for the murder is not yet known.

Furigana

殺害(さつがい)動機(どうき)(あき)らかではない。

Romanji

Satsugai no dōki wa akiraka de wa nai.

Words

殺害 (さつがい、せつがい、せちがい)
killing; murder
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
明らか (あきらか)
obvious; evident; clear; plain
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: サツ、 サイ、 セツ、 ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ
Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
Reading: ガイ
Meanings: harm, injury
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light