警察は群衆を制止するのに躍起になっている。

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English Translation

The police are going all out just to hold back the crowd.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は群衆(ぐんしゅう)を制止(せいし)するのに躍起(やっき)になっている。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa gunshū o seishisuru noni yakki ni natteiru.

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

群衆 (ぐんしゅう、ぐんしゅ、ぐんじゅ)

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

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.

制止 (せいし)

control; check; restraint; inhibition

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

躍起 (やっき)

desperation; eagerness

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...