警察は直ちにその事件の調査を開始した。

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警察は直ちにその事件の調査を開始した。

English Translation

The police began to go into the matter in no time.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は直(ただ)ちにその事件(じけん)の調査(ちょうさ)を開始(かいし)した。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa tadachini sono jiken no chōsa 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

直ちに (ただちに)

at once; immediately; directly; in person; automatically

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

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

調査 (ちょうさ)

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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