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The following sentence is from [a blog called Nippon
Talk](http://www.nippontalk.com/en/hot-water-washing-
machines-%E6%B8%A9%E6%B0%B4%E6%B4%97%E6%BF%AF%E6%A9%9F/):

>
> お湯{ゆ}を使{つか}える洗濯機{せんたくき}のパワーに感動{かんどう}した夫{おっと}は、沖縄{おきなわ}旅行{りょこう}から帰{かえ}るとすぐにその洗濯機{せんたくき}についての情報{じょうほう}を調{しら}べ始{はじ}めた。

I'm trying to pick apart the words in an effort to understand Japanese
grammar.

Here's the first part:

> お湯{ゆ}を使{つか}える洗濯機{せんたくき}のパワーに感動{かんどう}した夫{おっと}は、・・・  
>  Oyu o tsukaeru sentakuki no pawaa ni kandoushita otto wa...

I translated this as:

> お湯を使える洗濯機  
>  Oyu o tsukaeru sentakuki  
>  _'washing machine that uses hot water'_

and

> ・・・のパワーに感動した夫は  
>  …no pawaa ni kandoushita otto wa  
>  _'husband that is excited by the power of washing machine that uses hot
> water'_

Why are the particles を (o) and に (ni) used in the way that they are?
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grammar usage particles particle-に particle-を
Why are these particles used here?
You did a good job translating these sentences!

を marks the object for the verb 使える. What can be used by the wash mashine? Hot
water.

に is here a bit more tricky and indicates a reason, why he gets excited. Two
humorous examples (from the anime AcchiKocchi) with this "reason"-usage:

**[寒]{さむ}さに[震]{ふる}える** つみきさんを籠に乗せて早く暖かい地へ (つみきさん is shivering, because of
cold.)

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さっきの **先生には[驚]{おどろ}いた** な。 **あまりの[白]{しろ}さに** (I was surprised, because of our
teacher. Because of all the white)

どういう意味だ？ (What do you mean?)

先生の下着白だったようじゃな (Her underwear was white, wasn't it?)
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