刑事はその事件について文字どおり何千もの人たちに尋問した。

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English Translation

The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.

Furigana

刑事(けいじ)はその事件(じけん)について文字(もじ)どおり何(なん)千(せん)もの人(ひと)たちに尋問(じんもん)した。

Romanji

Keiji wa sono jiken nitsuite mojidōri nan sen mo no hitotachi ni jinmonshita.

Words

刑事 (けいじ)

(police) detective; criminal matter

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...

事件 (じけん)

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

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

文字通り (もじどおり)

literal; literally

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

千 (せん、ち)

1,000; thousand

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

人達 (ひとたち)

people

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

尋問 (じんもん)

cross-examination; interrogation; questioning