予想されたことだが、彼らはコンテストに敗れた。

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予想された こと 彼ら コンテスト 敗れた

English Translation

As was expected, they lost the contest.

Furigana

予想(よそう)されたことだが、(かれ)らはコンテストに(やぶ)れた。

Romanji

Yosōsareta koto da ga, karera wa kontesuto ni yabureta.

Words

予想 (よそう)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
コンテスト (コンテスト)
contest
()
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
敗れる (やぶれる)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

Kanji

Readings: ヨ、 シャ、 あらかじ.め
Meanings: beforehand, previous, myself, I
Readings: ソウ、 ソ、 おも.う
Meanings: concept, think, idea, thought
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる
Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal