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驚いたことに、私の財布がなくなっていた。

Sentence Analyzer

驚いた こと 財布 なくなっていた

English Translation

To my dismay, my wallet was gone.

Furigana

(おどろ)いたことに、(わたし)財布(さいふ)がなくなっていた。

Romanji

Odoroita koto ni, watashi no saifu ga nakunatteita.

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
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
財布 (さいふ)
purse; handbag; wallet
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無くなる (なくなる)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

Kanji

Readings: キョウ、 おどろ.く、 おどろ.かす
Meanings: wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ザイ、 サイ、 ゾク、 たから
Meanings: property, money, wealth, assets
Readings: フ、 ぬの
Meanings: linen, cloth, spread, distribute