警察の手が彼の手に回った。

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警察の手が彼の手に回った。

English Translation

The police caught up with him.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)の手(て)が彼(かれ)の手(て)に回(まわ)った。

Romanji

Keisatsu no te ga kare no te ni mawatta.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

回る (まわる)

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time