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かれ
彼
が
いんたい
引退
を
けつい
決意
したことは
わたし
私
たちみんなを
おどろ
驚
かせた。
His decision to retire surprised all of us.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼が引退を決意したことは私たちみんなを驚かせた。
verb causative form verb causative form
 
make something happen
彼が引退を決意したことは私たちみんなを驚かせた。
皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな 皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな
 
彼が引退を決意したことは私たちみんなを驚かせた。
Conjugations and inflections
  決意した is the past form of 'suru' verb 決意   ALL INFLECTIONS
  驚かせた is the past form of the causative form of 'ku' godan verb 驚く   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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い ん た い 0
retire
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け つ い 1
decision; determination; resolution
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こ と 2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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み ん な 3
adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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お ど ろ く 3
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be surprised; to be astonished
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
引
イン   ひく to pull   ひける to be over   
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弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
退
タイ   しりぞく to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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艮
good
⻌
move
決
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
夬
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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意
イ    idea   
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音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
心
シン   こころ heart   
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
驚
キョウ   surprised   おどろく to be surprised   おどろかす to surprise, to frighten   
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敬
ケイ   うやまう to respect, revere   
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艹
grass   
句
ク    verse, phrase   
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勹
wrap
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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攵
ぼく strike   
馬
バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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隹
little bird
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灬
fire
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