This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

警察は街頭デモを阻止しようとした。

Sentence Analyzer

警察 街頭 でも 阻止しよう した

English Translation

The police tried to stop the street demonstration.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)街頭(がいとう)デモを阻止(そし)しようとした。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa gaitō demo o soshishiyou to shita.

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
街頭 (がいとう)
in the street
ても (ても)
even if; even though; wow
()
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.
阻止 (そし)
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction; preemption; blocking
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: ガイ、 カイ、 まち
Meanings: boulevard, street, town
Readings: トウ、 ズ、 ト、 あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり
Meanings: head, counter for large animals
Readings: ソ、 はば.む
Meanings: thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede
Readings: シ、 と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、 とど.まる、 や.める、 や.む、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し
Meanings: stop, halt