彼が引退を決意したことは私たちみんなを驚かせた。

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English Translation

His decision to retire surprised all of us.

Furigana

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

Romanji

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

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

引退 (いんたい)

retire

を (を)

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

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

は (は)

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

皆 (みな、みんな)

all; everyone; everybody; everything

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished