ある日のこと、警察が娼婦の集団を手入れした。少女もその集団の一員だった。

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English Translation

One day, the police raided a whole group of prostitutes, and the girl was among them.

Furigana

ある日(ひ)のこと、警察(けいさつ)が娼婦(しょうふ)の集団(しゅうだん)を手入(てい)れした。少女(しょうじょ)もその集団(しゅうだん)の一員(いちいん)だった。

Romanji

Aru hi no koto, keisatsu ga shōfu no shūdan o teireshita. shōjo mo sono shūdan no ichiin datta.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

が (が)

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

娼婦 (しょうふ)

prostitute; harlot

集団 (しゅうだん)

group; mass

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.

手入れ (ていれ)

repairs; maintenance; tending; trimming; grooming; crackdown; (police) raid

少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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

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...

一員 (いちいん)

person; member

だ (だ)

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