警官による暴行事件はあやうく暴動に火をつけるところでした。

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English Translation

The police brutality incidents nearly set off a riot.

Furigana

警官(けいかん)による暴行(ぼうこう)事件(じけん)はあやうく暴動(ぼうどう)に火(ひ)をつけるところでした。

Romanji

Keikan niyoru bōkō jiken wa ayauku bōdō ni hi o tsukeru tokoro deshita.

Words

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

に依る (による)

by means of; due to; because of; according to

暴行 (ぼうこう)

assault; outrage; act of violence; rape

事件 (じけん)

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

危うい (あやうい)

dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious; in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk; uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful; close (i.e. a close call); narrow

暴動 (ぼうどう)

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

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

火 (ひ)

fire; flame; blaze

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.

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

デス (デス)

death