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警察は行方不明の書類を捜している。

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警察 行方 不明 書類 捜している

English Translation

The cops are searching for the missing documents.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)行方(ゆくえ)不明(ふめい)書類(しょるい)(さが)している。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa yukue fumei no shorui o sagashiteiru.

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
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
()
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
書類 (しょるい)
documents; official papers
()
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)

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Readings: ルイ、 たぐ.い
Meanings: sort, kind, variety, class, genus
Readings: ソウ、 シュ、 シュウ、 さが.す
Meanings: search, look for, locate