私たちが驚いたことに、彼は優勝した。

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私たちが驚いたことに、彼は優勝した。

English Translation

To our surprise, he won the grand prize.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちが驚(おどろ)いたことに、彼(かれ)は優勝(ゆうしょう)した。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga odoroita koto ni, kare wa yūshōshita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

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

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished

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

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

優勝 (ゆうしょう)

overall victory; championship