一昨日あなたの手紙を受け取りました。

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一昨日 あなた の 手紙 を 受け取りました 。

English Translation

I received your letter the day before yesterday.

Furigana

一昨日(おととい)あなたの手紙(てがみ)を受(う)け取(と)りました。

Romanji

Ototoi anata no tegami o uketorimashita.

Words

一昨日 (おととい、おとつい、いっさくじつ)

day before yesterday

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

受け取る (うけとる)

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

Kanji

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

昨

Reading: サク

Meanings: yesterday, previous

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

紙

Readings: シ、 かみ

Meaning: paper

受

Readings: ジュ、 う.ける、 -う.け、 う.かる

Meanings: accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up