彼が失敗したことをきいて驚いた。

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彼 が 失敗した こと を きいて 驚いた 。

English Translation

I was surprised that he had failed.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が失敗(しっぱい)したことをきいて驚(おどろ)いた。

Romanji

Kare ga shippaishita koto o kiite odoroita.

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

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

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

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.

疑懼 (ぎく)

apprehension; uneasiness

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

失

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

敗

Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる

Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal

驚

Readings: キョウ、 おどろ.く、 おどろ.かす

Meanings: wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed