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驚き  [おどろき]    meaning:  surprise  rank: 1
☆ オリンピックメダル取ったというのは驚きではない ⇨ It is not a big surprise to learn he won a medal in the Olympics when he was young
☆ 彼女は驚きをせなかった ⇨ She wasn’t able to hide her surprise, shock


More examples:
  • にしてればそれは驚き以外なにものでもなかった ⇨ If you see it as me, from my perspective, it was nothing but a surprised
  • 彼等けたそれ自体はそれ程驚きでないが、完全圧倒されたことは驚きだった ⇨ Their losing itself was not that big a surprise, but the way they were completely dominated by the opponent was
  • のような用心深されるなんて驚きだ ⇨ It is surprising that a very careful person like him got hoodwinked
  • 驚きに満ち魔法世界 ⇨ A magical world filled with wonder
  • は驚きでをあんぐりけたままだ ⇨ His mouth is wide open, his jaw is dropped, with surprise
  • 彼等けたそのものはそれ程驚きでないが、完全圧倒されたことは驚きだった ⇨ Their losing itself was not that big a surprise, but the way they were completely dominated by the opponent was
  • にとってみればそれは初耳で驚き以外の何物でもない ⇨ For myself, from my point of view, I have never heard of it before and it is nothing but a surprise