警察は事故の責任はタクシーの運転手にあるといって責めた。

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English Translation

The police blamed the accident on the taxi driver.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は事故(じこ)の責任(せきにん)はタクシーの運転手(うんてんしゅ)にあるといって責(せ)めた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa jiko no sekinin wa takushi- no untenshu ni aru to itte semeta.

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

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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

責任 (せきにん)

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

タクシー (タクシー)

taxi

運転手 (うんてんしゅ)

driver; chauffeur

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

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

責める (せめる)

to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse; to urge; to press; to pester; to torture; to torment; to persecute; to break in (a horse)