警察は一日中、迷子になった子を四方八方捜し回っていた。

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English Translation

The policemen beat the bushes all day to find a lost child.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は一(いち)日中(にちちゅう)、迷子(まいご)になった子(こ)を四方八方(しほうはっぽう)捜(さが)し回(まわ)っていた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa ichi nichichū, maigo ni natta ko o shihōhappō sagashimawatteita.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

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.)

日中 (にっちゅう、ひなか)

daytime; during the day; Sino-Japanese

迷子 (まいご)

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

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

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 ...

子 (こ)

child; young (animal); young woman; young geisha; offshoot; interest; new shares; player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); bird egg; -er (often of young women)

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.

四方八方 (しほうはっぽう)

in all directions

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)