警察は徹底的捜査をしようとしてた。

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警察は徹底的捜査をしようとしてた。

English Translation

The police were heading for a shake down.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は徹底的(てっていてき)捜査(そうさ)をしようとしてた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa tetteiteki sōsa o shiyou to shiteta.

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

徹底的 (てっていてき)

thorough; complete

捜査 (そうさ)

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)