刑事の一人が彼の首根っこをつかんだ。

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刑事の一人が彼の首根っこをつかんだ。

English Translation

One of the detectives seized him by the neck.

Furigana

刑事(けいじ)の一(いち)人(にん)が彼(かれ)の首根(くびね)っこをつかんだ。

Romanji

Keiji no ichi nin ga kare no kubinekko o tsukanda.

Words

刑事 (けいじ)

(police) detective; criminal matter

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

首根っこ (くびねっこ)

the scruff or nape of the neck

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.

掴む (つかむ)

to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend