警察は国中で何百もの麻薬の手入れをおこなった。

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English Translation

The police have made hundreds of drug busts across the country.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は国中(くになか)で何(なん)百(ひゃく)もの麻薬(まやく)の手入(てい)れをおこなった。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa Kuninaka de nan hyaku mo no mayaku no teire o okonatta.

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

国中 (くにじゅう、こくじゅう、こくちゅう)

all over the country

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.

何 (なに、なん)

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

百 (ひゃく、もも、はく)

100; hundred

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

麻薬 (まやく)

narcotic drugs; narcotic; opium; dope

手入れ (ていれ)

repairs; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming; crackdown; (police) raid

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.

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out