警察はすりを現行犯で取り押さえた。

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警察 すり 現行犯 取り押さえた

English Translation

The police arrested the pickpocket in the act.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)はすりを現行犯(げんこうはん)()()さえた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa suri o genkōhan de toriosaeta.

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
掏摸 (すり、スリ)
pickpocket
()
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.
現行犯 (げんこうはん)
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
取り押さえる (とりおさえる)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ
Meanings: present, existing, actual
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ハン、 ボン、 おか.す
Meanings: crime, sin, offense
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up
Readings: オウ、 お.す、 お.し-、 お.っ-、 お.さえる、 おさ.える
Meanings: push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of