驚いたことに息子は最近緊急に背がのびた。

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English Translation

To our surprise, our son has suddenly shot up recently.

Furigana

驚(おどろ)いたことに息子(むすこ)は最近(さいきん)緊急(きんきゅう)に背(せ)がのびた。

Romanji

Odoroita koto ni musuko wa saikin kinkyū ni se ga nobita.

Words

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

息子 (むすこ、そく)

son; penis

は (は)

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

最近 (さいきん)

most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

緊急 (きんきゅう)

urgent; pressing; emergency

背 (せい)

height; stature

が (が)

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

伸びる (のびる)

to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; to make progress; to grow (beard, body height); to grow stale (soba); to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed; to be exhausted; to be postponed; to be prolonged