警察が事件を調べている。

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警察 が 事件 を 調べている 。

English Translation

The police are looking into the incident.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)が事件(じけん)を調(しら)べている。

Romanji

Keisatsu ga jiken o shirabeteiru.

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

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

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

Kanji

警

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める

Meanings: admonish, commandment

察

Reading: サツ

Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

件

Readings: ケン、 くだん

Meanings: affair, case, matter, item

調

Readings: チョウ、 しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える

Meanings: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate