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群集が警察の職務執行の妨げになった。

Sentence Analyzer

群集 警察 職務 執行 妨げ なった

English Translation

The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.

Furigana

群集(ぐんしゅう)警察(けいさつ)職務(しょくむ)執行(しっこう)(さまた)げになった。

Romanji

Gunshū ga keisatsu no shokumu shikkō no samatage ni natta.

Words

群集 (ぐんしゅう)
group (of living things); crowd; community
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
警察 (けいさつ)
police; police officer; police station
()
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
職務 (しょくむ)
professional duties
執行 (しっこう、しゅぎょう、しゅうぎょう、しぎょう)
execution; carrying out; performance; enforcement; exercise; service; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
妨げ (さまたげ)
obstruction; hindrance
()
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
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

Readings: グン、 む.れる、 む.れ、 むら、 むら.がる
Meanings: flock, group, crowd, herd, swarm, cluster
Readings: シュウ、 あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う
Meanings: gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: ショク、 ソク
Meanings: post, employment, work
Readings: ム、 つと.める
Meanings: task, duties
Readings: シツ、 シュウ、 と.る
Meanings: tenacious, take hold, grasp, take to heart
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ボウ、 さまた.げる
Meanings: disturb, prevent, hamper, obstruct