ヘレンは妙な音を聞いてぎょっとした。
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English Translation
Helen jumped in fright at the strange sound.
Furigana
ヘレンは妙 な音 を聞 いてぎょっとした。
Romanji
Heren wa myōna oto o kiite gyotto shita.
Words
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
妙
(みょう)
strange; unusual; (something) superb; (something) excellent
音
(おと、ね、おん)
sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
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
ぎょっと
(ぎょっと、ギョッと)
being startled
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to