刑事はその場で彼の口頭証言を書き取った。

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English Translation

The detective took down his oral testimony on the spot.

Furigana

刑事(けいじ)はその場(ば)で彼(かれ)の口頭(こうとう)証言(しょうげん)を書(か)き取(と)った。

Romanji

Keiji wa sono ba de kare no kōtō shōgen o kakitotta.

Words

刑事 (けいじ)

(police) detective; criminal matter

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

場 (ば)

place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (i.e. east, south, etc.); field; field (gestalt psychology)

で (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.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

口頭 (こうとう)

oral

証言 (しょうげん)

evidence; testimony

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.

書き取る (かきとる)

to write down; to take dictation; to take notes