警察は脱走した囚人をこのあたりで捜している。

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English Translation

The police are hunting an escaped convict in this area.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は脱走(だっそう)した囚人(しゅうじん)をこのあたりで捜(さが)している。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa dassōshita shūjin o kono atari de sagashiteiru.

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

脱走 (だっそう)

desertion; escape

囚人 (しゅうじん、めしゅうど、めしうど)

prisoner

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.

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

辺り (あたり、ほとり)

on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond); (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; around (Sunday, last year, etc...); for instance

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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)