警察は盗品を一ヶ月近く探し続けている。

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警察は盗品を一ヶ月近く探し続けている。

English Translation

The police kept looking for a stolen article for about one month.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は盗品(とうひん)を一(いち)ヶ月(かげつ)近(ちか)く探(さが)し続(つづ)けている。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa tōhin o ichi kagetsu chikaku sagashitsuzuketeiru.

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

盗品 (とうひん)

stolen goods; loot; spoils

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.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

カ月 (かげつ)

(number of) months

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)