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警察はその殺人事件を徹底的に調査し始めた。

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警察 その 殺人 事件 徹底的 調査し始めた

English Translation

The police began to go into the murder case.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)はその殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん)徹底的(てっていてき)調査(ちょうさ)(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa sono satsujin jiken o tetteiteki ni chōsashihajimeta.

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
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...
殺人 (さつじん)
murder
事件 (じけん)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
()
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.
徹底的 (てっていてき)
thorough; complete
()
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
調査 (ちょうさ)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: サツ、 サイ、 セツ、 ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ
Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ケン、 くだん
Meanings: affair, case, matter, item
Reading: テツ
Meanings: penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)
Readings: テイ、 そこ
Meanings: bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
調
Readings: チョウ、 しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える
Meanings: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate
Reading: 
Meaning: investigate
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin