警察官の重要な職務の１つはどろぼうを捕らえることである。

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English Translation

An important function of policemen is to catch thieves.

Furigana

警察官(けいさつかん)の重要(じゅうよう)な職務(しょくむ)の１つはどろぼうを捕(と)らえることである。

Romanji

Keisatsukan no jūyōna shokumu no hitotsu wadoro bou o toraeru koto de aru.

Words

警察官 (けいさつかん、ケイサツカン)

policeman; policewoman; police officer

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

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

職務 (しょくむ)

professional duties

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

ば (ば)

if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

昴 (すばる、すまる、ぼう)

Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters

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.

捕らえる (とらえる)

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as)

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...