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Zach

彼が引退を決意したことは私たちみんなを驚かせた。

Sentence Analyzer

引退 決意した こと 私たち みんな 驚かせた

English Translation

His decision to retire surprised all of us.

Furigana

(かれ)引退(いんたい)決意(けつい)したことは(わたし)たちみんなを(おどろ)かせた。

Romanji

Kare ga intai o ketsuishita koto wa watashitachi minna o odorokaseta.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
引退 (いんたい)
retire
()
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.
決意 (けつい)
decision; determination; resolution
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
(みな、みんな)
all; everyone; everybody; everything
驚く (おどろく)
to be surprised; to be astonished

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける
Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: キョウ、 おどろ.く、 おどろ.かす
Meanings: wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed