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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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警官たち その 残虐な 殺人 事件 手掛かり 捜している

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)殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん)手掛(てが)かりを(さが)している。

Romanji

Keikantachi wa sono zangyakuna satsujin jiken no tegakari o sagashiteiru.

Words

()
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
()
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
()
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)

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: カン
Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ
Readings: ザン、 サン、 のこ.る、 のこ.す、 そこな.う、 のこ.り
Meanings: remainder, leftover, balance
Readings: ギャク、 しいた.げる
Meanings: tyrannize, oppress
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
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ケン、 くだん
Meanings: affair, case, matter, item
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: カイ、 ケイ、 か.ける、 -か.ける、 か.け、 -か.け、 -が.け、 か.かる、 -か.かる、 -が.かる、 か.かり、 -が.かり、 かかり、 -がかり
Meanings: hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
Readings: ソウ、 シュ、 シュウ、 さが.す
Meanings: search, look for, locate