How to say the news of the prime minister's resignation took us by surprise. in Japanese
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首相首相(shushou) (n) prime minister/chancellor/premierのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question辞任辞任(jinin) (vs) to resign/resignationのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates questionニュースニュース(nyusu) (n) newsはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh私たち私たち(watashitachi) (pn,adj-no) we/usをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,驚no dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbかか(ka) (prt) indicates question/indicates choice, doubt, etc.せたno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb。。(。) Japanese period "."
