勤務中の警官は、一人のお年寄りが自分の背後に近づいてくるのを感じた。

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English Translation

The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.

Furigana

勤務中(きんむちゅう)の警官(けいかん)は、一(いち)人(にん)のお年寄(としよ)りが自分(じぶん)の背後(はいご)に近(ちか)づいてくるのを感(かん)じた。

Romanji

Kinmuchū no keikan wa, ichi nin no o toshiyori ga jibun no haigo ni chikazuitekuru no o kanjita.

Words

勤務中 (きんむちゅう)

on duty; at work; while working

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

警官 (けいかん)

policeman

は (は)

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

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

年寄り (としより)

old people; the aged; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

が (が)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

背後 (はいご)

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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

近づく (ちかづく、ちかずく)

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

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.

感じる (かんじる)

to feel; to sense; to experience