殺害の動機は明らかではない。

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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