彼が試験に合格したということは私たちには驚くべきことだ。

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English Translation

That he passed the exam is surprising to us.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が試験(しけん)に合格(ごうかく)したということは私(わたし)たちには驚(おどろ)くべきことだ。

Romanji

Kare ga shiken ni gōkakushita toiu koto wa watashitachi ni wa odoroku beki koto da.

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

試験 (しけん)

examination; test; study; trial; experiment

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

合格 (ごうかく)

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

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

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

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