警察はその事故がどんなふうに起きたのかを、その目撃者に詳しく話させた。

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English Translation

The police made the witness explain in detail how the accident had happened.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)はその事故(じこ)がどんなふうに起(お)きたのかを、その目撃者(もくげきしゃ)に詳(くわ)しく話(はな)させた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa sono jiko ga donna fū ni okita no ka o, sono mokugekisha ni kuwashiku hanasaseta.

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

どんな (どんな)

what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)

風 (ふう)

method; manner; way; style; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); wind (one of the five elements)

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

起きる (おきる)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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.

目撃者 (もくげきしゃ)

eye-witness; witness

詳しい (くわしい)

detailed; full; accurate; knowing very well; well-acquainted; well-informed

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)