物語の半ばで読者は驚く展開に出会う

N3 物語 monogatari story, tale, narrative N3 半ば nakaba middle, halfway N3 者 mono person, someone, individual N4 驚く odoroku be surprised, be astonished N2 展開 tenkai develop, expansion (opposite of compression) N3 出会う deau meet, encounter, come across

N4 会 kai, e / a.u, a.waseru, atsu.maru meeting, meet, party

N4 〜ば ba Indicates a hypothetical condition, attaches to verb or adjective, means if it happens then N5 〜に ni Indicates destination, target, arrival point, specific time, or person receiving an action N5 〜で de Indicates where an action happens, means used, tool, cause, or material depending on context N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information