父(ちち)親(おや) chichioyaが gaがっかり gakkariした shitaこと kotoには niha、彼(かれ) kareは wa失(しっ)敗(ぱい) shippaiした shita。 To his father's disappointment, he failed. Literal Father [subject-が] disappointed [fact-ことには], he [topic-は] failed. ~ことには frames the father's disappointment as a circumstantial comment. がっかりする means 'to be disappointed.' A somewhat literary construction. familyemotionseducation
父(ちち)親(おや) chichioyaが gaがっかり gakkariした shitaこと kotoには niha、彼(かれ) kareは wa失(しっ)敗(ぱい) shippaiした shita。 To his father's disappointment, he failed. Literal Father [subject-が] disappointed [fact-ことには], he [topic-は] failed. ~ことには frames the father's disappointment as a circumstantial comment. がっかりする means 'to be disappointed.' A somewhat literary construction. familyemotionseducation