警察は犯人の全国的な捜索を開始した。

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警察は犯人の全国的な捜索を開始した。

English Translation

The police have started a nationwide hunt for the criminal.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は犯人(はんにん)の全国的(ぜんこくてき)な捜索(そうさく)を開始(かいし)した。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa hannin no zenkokuteki na sōsaku o kaishishita.

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

犯人 (はんにん)

offender; criminal

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

全国的 (ぜんこくてき)

nation-wide

だ (だ)

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

捜索 (そうさく)

search (esp. for someone or something missing); investigation

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.

開始 (かいし)

start; commencement; beginning; initiation