警察官はその事件について調査することを約束した。

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English Translation

The police promised to look into the matter.

Furigana

警察官(けいさつかん)はその事件(じけん)について調査(ちょうさ)することを約束(やくそく)した。

Romanji

Keisatsukan wa sono jiken nitsuite chōsasuru koto o yakusokushita.

Words

警察官 (けいさつかん、ケイサツカン)

policeman; policewoman; police officer

は (は)

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

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...

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

調査 (ちょうさ)

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

約束 (やくそく)

promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date; convention; rule; destiny; fate