警察は空砲を撃った。

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警察 は 空砲 を 撃った 。

English Translation

The police officer fired a blank.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は空砲(くうほう)を撃(う)った。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa kūhō o utta.

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

空砲 (くうほう)

empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank

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.

撃つ (うつ)

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge

Kanji

警

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める

Meanings: admonish, commandment

察

Reading: サツ

Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

砲

Reading: ホウ

Meanings: cannon, gun

撃

Readings: ゲキ、 う.つ

Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer