おどろいたことに彼女はその質問に答えることができなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

おどろいた こと に 彼女 は その 質問 に 答える こと が できなかった 。

English Translation

To my surprise, she could not answer the question.

Furigana

おどろいたことに彼女(かのじょ)はその質問(しつもん)に答(こた)えることができなかった。

Romanji

Odoroita koto ni kanojo wa sono shitsumon ni kotaeru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

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...

質問 (しつもん)

question; inquiry; enquiry

答える (こたえる)

to answer; to reply

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

女

Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め

Meanings: woman, female

質

Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ

Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament

問

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

答

Readings: トウ、 こた.える、 こた.え

Meanings: solution, answer