警察は犯罪が起きたとき彼がどこにいたかを立証した。

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English Translation

The police established where he was when the crime occurred.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は犯罪(はんざい)が起(お)きたとき彼(かれ)がどこにいたかを立証(りっしょう)した。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa hanzai ga okita toki kare ga doko ni ita ka o risshōshita.

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

犯罪 (はんざい)

crime; offence; offense

が (が)

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

起きる (おきる)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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.

立証 (りっしょう)

establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation