父の急死の知らせを聞いて、私は気が転倒してしまった。

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English Translation

I was beside myself when I heard the news of my father's sudden death.

Furigana

父(ちち)の急死(きゅうし)の知(し)らせを聞(き)いて、私(わたし)は気(き)が転倒(てんとう)してしまった。

Romanji

Chichi no kyūshi no shirase o kiite, watashi wa ki ga tentōshiteshimatta.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

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

急死 (きゅうし)

sudden death

知らせ (しらせ)

notice; notification

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

気 (き)

spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

転倒 (てんとう)

falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; reversing; inverting; inversion; getting upset