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警察は盗品を一ヶ月近く探し続けている。

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警察 盗品 ヶ月 近く 探し続けている

English Translation

The police kept looking for a stolen article for about one month.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)盗品(とうひん)(いち)(かげつ)(ちか)(さが)(つづ)けている。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa tōhin o ichi kagetsu chikaku sagashitsuzuketeiru.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)
police; police officer; police station
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
盗品 (とうひん)
stolen goods; loot; spoils
()
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.
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
カ月 (かげつ)
(number of) months
近く (ちかく)
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
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)

Kanji

Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: トウ、 ぬす.む、 ぬす.み
Meanings: steal, rob, pilfer
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき
Meanings: month, moon
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: タン、 さぐ.る、 さが.す
Meanings: grope, search, look for
Readings: ゾク、 ショク、 コウ、 キョウ、 つづ.く、 つづ.ける、 つぐ.ない
Meanings: continue, series, sequel