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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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