警察は違法駐車の取り締まりを始めた。

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警察は違法駐車の取り締まりを始めた。

English Translation

The police began a crackdown on illegal parking.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は違法(いほう)駐車(ちゅうしゃ)の取(とし)り締()まりを始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa ihō chūsha no torishimari o hajimeta.

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

違法 (いほう)

illegal; illegality; invalid; unlawfulness

駐車 (ちゅうしゃ)

parking (e.g. car)

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

取り締まり (とりしまり)

control; management; supervision

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.

始める (はじめる)

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...