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Zach

そのニュースは私の会社のことだったので、衝撃が非常に大きかった。

Sentence Analyzer

その ニュース 会社 こと だった ので 衝撃 非常 大きかった

English Translation

The news was about my company, so it struck close to home.

Furigana

そのニュースは(わたし)会社(かいしゃ)のことだったので、衝撃(しょうげき)非常(ひじょう)(おお)きかった。

Romanji

Sono nyu-su wa watashi no kaisha no koto datta node, shōgeki ga hijō ni ōkikatta.

Words

其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
ニュース (ニュース、ニューズ)
news
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
会社 (かいしゃ)
company; corporation; workplace
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
衝撃 (しょうげき)
shock; crash; impact; ballistic
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
非常 (ひじょう)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
()
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
大きい (おおきい)
big; large; great; loud

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: ショウ、 つ.く
Meanings: collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick
Readings: ゲキ、 う.つ
Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer
Readings: ヒ、 あら.ず
Meanings: un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-
Readings: ジョウ、 つね、 とこ-
Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big