► 名詞
驚き [おどろき] meaning: surprise rank: 1
☆ 彼が若い頃オリンピックでメダルを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
☆ 彼女は驚きを隠せなかった ⇨ She wasn’t able to hide her surprise, shock
More examples:
- 彼は驚きで口をあんぐり開けたままだ ⇨ His mouth is wide open, his jaw is dropped, with surprise
- 驚きに満ちた魔法の世界 ⇨ A magical world filled with wonder
- 私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
- 彼のような用心深い人が騙されるなんて驚きだ ⇨ It is surprising that a very careful person like him got hoodwinked
- 彼等が負けた事そのものはそれ程驚きでないが、敵に完全に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
- 彼等が負けた事それ自体はそれ程驚きでないが、敵に完全に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
- 私にして見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