今日の朝刊によればその死刑囚は自殺したようだ。

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English Translation

According to today's morning paper, the condemned criminal committed suicide.

Furigana

今日(きょう)の朝刊(ちょうかん)によればその死刑囚(しけいしゅう)は自殺(じさつ)したようだ。

Romanji

Kyō no chōkan ni yoreba sono shikeishū wa jisatsushita yō da.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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

朝刊 (ちょうかん)

morning newspaper

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

因る (よる)

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at

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...

死刑囚 (しけいしゅう)

criminal condemned to death; convict on death row

は (は)

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

自殺 (じさつ)

suicide

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

だ (だ)

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