昨日警察がメアリーを訪ねた。

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昨日 警察 メアリー 訪ねた

English Translation

The police called on Mary yesterday.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)警察(けいさつ)がメアリーを(たず)ねた。

Romanji

Kinō keisatsu ga Meari- o tazuneta.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
警察 (けいさつ)
police; police officer; police station
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
()
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.
訪ねる (たずねる)
to visit

Kanji

Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う
Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy