警察は事故現場の写真を何枚か撮った。

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警察は事故現場の写真を何枚か撮った。

English Translation

The police took some pictures of the scene of the accident.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は事故(じこ)現場(げんば)の写真(しゃしん)を何(なん)枚(まい)か撮(と)った。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa jiko genba no shashin o nan mai ka totta.

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

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

現場 (げんば、げんじょう)

actual spot; scene; scene of the crime; site; location; setting; shop floor; factory floor; (on) site

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

写真 (しゃしん)

photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

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.

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

枚 (まい)

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)

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

撮る (とる)

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)