たいへん驚いたことに、私の歌は大勢の若者の心に訴えた。

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English Translation

Much to my surprise, my song appealed to many young people.

Furigana

たいへん驚(おどろ)いたことに、私(わたし)の歌(うた)は大勢(たいせい)の若者(わかもの)の心(こころ)に訴(うった)えた。

Romanji

Taihen odoroita koto ni, watashi no uta wa taisei no wakamono no kokoro ni uttaeta.

Words

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

歌 (うた)

song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry

は (は)

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

大勢 (たいせい)

general trend; current thought

若者 (わかもの)

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

心 (こころ)

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

訴える (うったえる)

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to; to call for; to complain; to sue (a person); to take someone to court; to resort to (e.g. arms, violence)