彼は帰宅するやいなや、誇らしげに衝撃の発表をした。

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English Translation

No sooner had he come home than he proudly made an earth-shattering announcement.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は帰宅(きたく)するやいなや、誇(ほこ)らしげに衝撃(しょうげき)の発表(はっぴょう)をした。

Romanji

Kare wa kitakusuru yainaya, hokorashige ni shōgeki no happyō o shita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

帰宅 (きたく)

returning home

や否や (やいなや)

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; whether or not

誇らしげ (ほこらしげ)

proud; triumphant; boastful

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

衝撃 (しょうげき)

shock; crash; impact; ballistic

の (の)

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

発表 (はっぴょう)

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to