突然の昇進の発表で、彼、鳩が豆鉄砲を食らったような顔をしていたよ。

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English Translation

He looked blank when he heard the announcement of his promotion.

Furigana

突然(とつぜん)の昇進(しょうしん)の発表(はっぴょう)で、彼(かれ)、鳩(はと)が豆鉄砲(まめでっぽう)を食(く)らったような顔(かお)をしていたよ。

Romanji

Totsuzen no shōshin no happyō de, kare, hato ga mamedeppō o kuratta yōna kao o shiteita yo.

Words

突然 (とつぜん)

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

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

昇進 (しょうしん)

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

発表 (はっぴょう)

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

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

鳩 (はと、ハト)

pigeon; dove

が (が)

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

豆鉄砲 (まめでっぽう)

peashooter

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.

食らう (くらう)

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow)

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

顔 (かお、がん)

face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety

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

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!