おばあちゃんが突然死んで家族一同驚いた。

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お ばあちゃん が 突然 死んで 家族 一同 驚いた 。

English Translation

The family was shook up when the grandmother died unexpectedly.

Furigana

おばあちゃんが突然(とつぜん)死(し)んで家族(かぞく)一同(いちどう)驚(おどろ)いた。

Romanji

O bāchan ga totsuzen shinde kazoku ichidō odoroita.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

ばあちゃん (ばあちゃん)

granny; grandma; gran; female senior-citizen

が (が)

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

突然 (とつぜん)

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

一同 (いちどう)

all present; all concerned; all of us

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished

Kanji

突

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

然

Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ

Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

死

Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-

Meanings: death, die

家

Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち

Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

族

Reading: ゾク

Meanings: tribe, family

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

同

Readings: ドウ、 おな.じ

Meanings: same, agree, equal

驚

Readings: キョウ、 おどろ.く、 おどろ.かす

Meanings: wonder, be surprised, frightened, amazed