警察がその殺人事件を調べ始めた。

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警察 が その 殺人 事件 を 調べ始めた 。

English Translation

The police started to look into the murder case.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)がその殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん)を調(しら)べ始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Keisatsu ga sono satsujin jiken o shirabehajimeta.

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

殺人 (さつじん)

murder

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

殺

Readings: サツ、 サイ、 セツ、 ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ

Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

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

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin