刑事はその場で、彼の証言を一言一句正確に書き取った。

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English Translation

The detective took down his testimony on the spot, word for word.

Furigana

刑事(けいじ)はその場(ば)で、彼(かれ)の証言(しょうげん)を一言(ひとこと)一(いち)句(く)正確(せいかく)に書(か)き取(と)った。

Romanji

Keiji wa sono ba de, kare no shōgen o hitokoto ichi ku seikaku ni 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

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.

一言 (ひとこと、いちげん、いちごん)

single word; a few words; brief comment

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

句 (く)

section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim; saying; idiom; expression

正確 (せいかく)

accurate; punctual; exact; authentic; veracious

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

書き取る (かきとる)

to write down; to take dictation; to take notes