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「警察だ。ちょっと署まで来てもらおうか」「な、なんで?」「こんな街中でドンパチやって罪にならないわけないだろうが!!」

Sentence Analyzer

警察 ちょっと まで 来てもらおう なんで こんな 街中 どん ぱち やって ならない わけない だろう

English Translation

"This is the police. Would you mind coming down to the station?" "W-why?" "You can't think it's not a crime to go shooting guns off in the middle of town?!"

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)だ。ちょっと(しょ)まで()てもらおうか」「な、なんで?」「こんな街中(まちちゅう)でドンパチやって(つみ)にならないわけないだろうが!!」

Romanji

" keisatsu da. chotto sho made kitemoraou ka"" na, nande?"" konna machichū de don pachi yatte tsumi ni naranai wakenai darou ga!!"

Words

警察 (けいさつ)
police; police officer; police station
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
一寸 (ちょっと、ちょと、チョット、ちょいと、チョッと)
just a minute; short time; just a little; somewhat; easily; readily; rather; (will not) easily; hey!
(しょ)
station (esp. a police station); office (i.e. tax office)
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
来る (くる)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition
何で (なんで)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
こんな (こんな)
such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this
町中 (まちなか)
downtown
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
ドン (ドン、どん)
bang; bam; boom; thud; thump; crash; noontime signal gun (early Meiji to early Showa); noontime signal shot; precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very; polite suffix used after a person's name (often of an apprentice; used much more broadly in southern Kyushu)
パチ (パチ)
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; sputtering; pachinko
遣る (やる)
to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...
(つみ)
crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion; penalty; sentence; punishment; fault; responsibility; culpability; thoughtlessness; lack of consideration
()
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
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
分ける (わける)
to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); to break up (a fight); to mediate; to call a draw; to tie; to push one's way through (a crowd); to sell
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Reading: ショ
Meanings: signature, govt office, police station
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
Readings: ガイ、 カイ、 まち
Meanings: boulevard, street, town
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: ザイ、 つみ
Meanings: guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense