警察は行方不明の少年を捜した。

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警察は行方不明の少年を捜した。

English Translation

The police searched for the lost boy.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は行方(ゆくえ)不明(ふめい)の少年(しょうねん)を捜(さが)した。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa yukue fumei no shōnen o sagashita.

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

行方 (ゆくえ)

(one's) whereabouts; outcome

不明 (ふめい)

unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; anonymous; unidentified; ignorant; lack of wisdom

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

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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.

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)