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驚いたことに、彼が泥棒だということが判明した。

Sentence Analyzer

驚いた こと 泥棒 という こと 判明した

English Translation

Surprisingly enough, he turned out to be a thief.

Furigana

(おどろ)いたことに、(かれ)泥棒(どろぼう)だということが判明(はんめい)した。

Romanji

Odoroita koto ni, kare ga dorobō da toiu koto ga hanmeishita.

Words

驚く (おどろく)
to be surprised; to be astonished
(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
()
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
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
泥棒 (どろぼう)
thief; burglar; robber; theft
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
判明 (はんめい)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

Kanji

Readings: キョウ、 おどろ.く、 おどろ.かす
Meanings: wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: デイ、 ナイ、 デ、 ニ、 どろ
Meanings: mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to
Reading: ボウ
Meanings: rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
Readings: ハン、 バン、 わか.る
Meanings: judgement, signature, stamp, seal
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
Meanings: bright, light