驚いたことに、その著名な心理学者は誘拐罪で告訴された。

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English Translation

To my surprise, the noted psychologist was accused of a kidnapping.

Furigana

驚(おどろ)いたことに、その著名(ちょめい)な心理(しんり)学者(がくしゃ)は誘拐罪(ゆうかいざい)で告訴(こくそ)された。

Romanji

Odoroita koto ni, sono chomeina shinri gakusha wa yūkaizai de kokusosareta.

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...

著名 (ちょめい)

well-known; noted; celebrated

心理 (しんり)

state of mind; mentality; psychology

学者 (がくしゃ)

scholar

は (は)

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

誘拐罪 (ゆうかいざい)

(the crime of) kidnapping (kidnaping)

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.

告訴 (こくそ)

accusation; complaint; charge; legal action