警察は殺人犯を捕らえた。

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警察 殺人犯 捕らえた

English Translation

The police have caught the murderer.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)殺人犯(さつじんはん)()らえた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa satsujinhan o toraeta.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)
police; police officer; police station
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
殺人犯 (さつじんはん)
murderer
()
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.
捕らえる (とらえる)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as)

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: サツ、 サイ、 セツ、 ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ
Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ハン、 ボン、 おか.す
Meanings: crime, sin, offense
Readings: ホ、 と.らえる、 と.らわれる、 と.る、 とら.える、 とら.われる、 つか.まえる、 つか.まる
Meanings: catch, capture