私たちが驚いたことに、恵美は４００メートルレースで楽勝した。

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English Translation

To our surprise, Emi won the 400-meter race with ease.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちが驚(おどろ)いたことに、恵美(えみ)は４００メートルレースで楽勝(らくしょう)した。

Romanji

Watashitachi ga odoroita koto ni, Emi wa yon zero zero me-toru re-su de rakushōshita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

が (が)

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

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

は (は)

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

米 (メートル)

metre; meter; meter (i.e. a gauge); gauge

レース (レース)

race; lace; lathe

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

楽勝 (らくしょう)

easy victory