警官たちはその残虐な殺人事件の手掛かりを捜している。

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English Translation

The cops are searching for clues to the cruel murder.

Furigana

警官(けいかん)たちはその残虐(ざんぎゃく)な殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん)の手掛(てが)かりを捜(さが)している。

Romanji

Keikantachi wa sono zangyakuna satsujin jiken no tegakari o sagashiteiru.

Words

は (は)

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

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...

残虐 (ざんぎゃく)

cruelty; brutality

殺人 (さつじん)

murder

事件 (じけん)

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

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

手掛かり (てがかり)

clue; key; trail; scent; track; contact; handhold; on hand

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.

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)