会計係が逮捕されたが、原因は彼の裏帳簿工作だという噂があった。

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会計係 が 逮捕された が 、 原因 は 彼 の 裏 帳簿 工作 だ という 噂 が あった 。

English Translation

When the accountant was arrested, rumour had it that it was for his creative bookkeeping.

Furigana

会計係(かいけいがかり)が逮捕(たいほ)されたが、原因(げんいん)は彼(かれ)の裏(うら)帳簿(ちょうぼ)工作(こうさく)だという噂(うわさ)があった。

Romanji

Kaikeigakari ga taihosareta ga, gen'in wa kare no ura chōbo kōsaku da toiu uwasa ga atta.

Words

会計係 (かいけいがかり、かいけいけい)

accountant; accounting clerk; cashier; treasurer

が (が)

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

逮捕 (たいほ)

arrest; apprehension; capture

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

裏 (うら)

bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side; rear; back; behind (the house); lining; inside; out of sight; behind the scenes; proof; opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.); bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)

帳簿 (ちょうぼ)

account book; register; ledger

工作 (こうさく)

handicraft; work; construction; manufacturing; maneuvering; manoeuvering

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

噂 (うわさ)

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

計

Readings: ケイ、 はか.る、 はか.らう

Meanings: plot, plan, scheme, measure

係

Readings: ケイ、 かか.る、 かかり、 -がかり、 かか.わる

Meanings: person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself

逮

Reading: タイ

Meanings: apprehend, chase

捕

Readings: ホ、 と.らえる、 と.らわれる、 と.る、 とら.える、 とら.われる、 つか.まえる、 つか.まる

Meanings: catch, capture

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

裏

Readings: リ、 うら

Meanings: back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side

帳

Readings: チョウ、 とばり

Meanings: notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent

簿

Reading: ボ

Meanings: register, record book

工

Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ

Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

作

Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り

Meanings: make, production, prepare, build

噂

Readings: ソン、 うわさ

Meanings: rumor, gossip, hearsay