家に帰ってみるとびっくりするようなことが私を待ちかまえていた。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
A surprise was in store for me at home.
Furigana
Romanji
Ie ni kaettemiru to bikkurisuru yōna koto ga watashi o machikamaeteita.
Words
家
(いえ)
house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name
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
帰る
(かえる)
to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
吃驚
(びっくり、ビックリ)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
様だ
(ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
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
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
を
(を)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
待ち構える
(まちかまえる)
to lie in wait; to be on the watch for