警察は殺人者の手がかりを何か見つけ出しましたか。

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English Translation

Did the police find any trace of the murderer?

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は殺人者(さつじんしゃ)の手(て)がかりを何(なに)か見(みだ)つけ出()しましたか。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa satsujinsha no tegakari o nani ka mitsukedashimashita ka.

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

殺人者 (さつじんしゃ)

killer; murderer

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

手掛かり (てがかり)

clue; key; trail; scent; track; contact; handhold; on hand

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.

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

か (か)

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

見付け出す (みつけだす)

to find out; to discover; to locate