警察が通常の操作手順をとったかどうか明らかでない。

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警察 が 通常 の 操作 手順 を とった か どう か 明らか でない 。

English Translation

It is not evident whether the police followed the usual search procedures.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)が通常(つうじょう)の操作(そうさ)手順(てじゅん)をとったかどうか明(あき)らかでない。

Romanji

Keisatsu ga tsūjō no sōsa tejun o totta ka dō ka akiraka denai.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

が (が)

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

通常 (つうじょう)

common; general; normal; usual

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

操作 (そうさ)

operation; management; processing; manipulating to one's benefit; to operate; to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books)

手順 (てじゅん)

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

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.

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

明らか (あきらか)

obvious; evident; clear; plain

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

警

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める

Meanings: admonish, commandment

察

Reading: サツ

Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

常

Readings: ジョウ、 つね、 とこ-

Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular

操

Readings: ソウ、 サン、 みさお、 あやつ.る

Meanings: maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity

作

Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り

Meanings: make, production, prepare, build

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

順

Reading: ジュン

Meanings: obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion

明

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light