彼女が離婚したという知らせは、大変思いがけないことだった。

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English Translation

The news that she got divorced was a big surprise.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)が離婚(りこん)したという知(し)らせは、大変(たいへん)思(おも)いがけないことだった。

Romanji

Kanojo ga rikonshita toiu shirase wa, taihen omoigakenai koto datta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

が (が)

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

離婚 (りこん)

divorce

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

知らせ (しらせ)

notice; notification

は (は)

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

大変 (たいへん)

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

思いがけない (おもいがけない)

unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative