驚いた事に、その子供は横浜からはるばる一人でここにやってきた。

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English Translation

To my surprise, the child came here by himself all the way from Yokohama.

Furigana

驚(おどろ)いた事(こと)に、その子供(こども)は横浜(よこはま)からはるばる一(いち)人(にん)でここにやってきた。

Romanji

Odoroita koto ni, sono kodomo wa Yokohama kara harubaru ichi nin de koko ni yattekita.

Words

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

子供 (こども)

child; children

は (は)

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

横浜 (よこはま)

Yokohama (city)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

遙々 (はるばる)

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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.

此処 (ここ)

here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)