みんなが驚いたことに、マイクはスピーチコンテストで一位を取った。
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English Translation
To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest.
Furigana
みんなが驚 いたことに、マイクはスピーチコンテストで一 位 を取 った。
Romanji
Minna ga odoroita koto ni, maiku wa supi-chi kontesuto de ichi i o totta.
Words
皆
(みな、みんな)
all; everyone; everybody; everything
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
驚く
(おどろく)
to be surprised; to be astonished
事
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
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
マイク
(マイク)
mike; mic; microphone
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
スピーチ
(スピーチ)
speech
コンテスト
(コンテスト)
contest
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.
一
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
位
(くらい)
throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung; grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank; digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place; degree; extent; amount
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.
取る
(とる)
to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play