はじめ彼は自分が弁論大会で優勝した事が分からなかった。

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English Translation

At first he did not realize that he had won the speech contest.

Furigana

はじめ彼(かれ)は自分(じぶん)が弁論(べんろん)大会(たいかい)で優勝(ゆうしょう)した事(こと)が分(わ)からなかった。

Romanji

Hajime kare wa jibun ga benron taikai de yūshōshita koto ga wakaranakatta.

Words

始め (はじめ)

beginning; start; outset; opening; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

が (が)

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

弁論 (べんろん)

discussion; debate; argument

大会 (たいかい)

convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally

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.

優勝 (ゆうしょう)

overall victory; championship

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out