警察はあの人たちの経歴を調べているところだ。

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English Translation

The police are looking into the records of those people.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)はあの人(ひと)たちの経歴(けいれき)を調(しら)べているところだ。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa ano hitotachi no keireki o shirabeteiru tokoro da.

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

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

人達 (ひとたち)

people

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

経歴 (けいれき)

personal history; career

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.

調べる (しらべる)

to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative