(とちぎけん)

Tochigi Prefecture

(じけん)

incident, case

(けいさつ)

police

(ようぎしゃ)

suspect

(なまえ)

name

(はっぴょう)

announcement

(おきる)

to happen, occur

(かんけい)

relation

(ひと)

person / people

(しらべる)

to investigate; to survey

(せんじつ)

the other day, recently

(たいほ)

arrest

(しゃしん)

photograph

(だんせい)

man; male

(ねんれい)

age

(わかる)

to understand

(どうして)

why

(りゆう)

reason; cause

(しる)

to know, learn

(れんらく)

contact, communication

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(ちかく)

nearby

(すむ)

to live; to reside

(しんぱい)

worry / concern

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

to be related/involved

事件に関係している人 describes a person who is involved in the incident.

embedded question (whether/why ~)

どうして事件が起きたのか embeds an indirect question about why the incident happened.

about / regarding / concerning

Used to indicate the topic of discussion or consideration. Here it introduces the topic the team will think about.

please do ...

Polite request form. Formed with て-form + ください. Used to ask someone to perform an action.

栃木県の事件　警察が容疑者の名前を発表

Incident in Tochigi Prefecture: Police announce the suspect's name

栃木県で事件が起きました。

An incident occurred in Tochigi Prefecture.

警察は、事件に関係している人を調べています。

The police are investigating the people involved in the incident.

先日、警察はこの事件の容疑者を逮捕しました。

The other day, the police arrested a suspect in this incident.

警察は、容疑者の名前と写真を発表しました。

The police announced the suspect's name and photo.

容疑者は男性で、年齢などもわかりました。

The suspect is a man, and his age and other details have been confirmed.

警察は、どうして事件が起きたのか、理由を調べています。

The police are investigating the reason why the incident happened.

警察は「事件について知っている人は、連絡してください」と話しました。

The police said, "If you know anything about the incident, please contact us."

近くに住む人たちは、心配しています。

People living nearby are worried.