警察は容疑者の足取りがまだつかめていない。

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English Translation

The police have found no trace of the suspect yet.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は容疑者(ようぎしゃ)の足取(あしど)りがまだつかめていない。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa yōgisha no ashidori ga mada tsukameteinai.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

は (は)

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

容疑者 (ようぎしゃ)

suspect (person)

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

足取り (あしどり)

gait; walk; stride; pace; step; manner of walking; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail; movements

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with