この手紙は紛失すると行けないから、書留にするがよい。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

You had better get this letter registered for fear it should be lost.

Furigana

この手紙(てがみ)は紛失(ふんしつ)すると行(い)けないから、書留(かきとめ)にするがよい。

Romanji

Kono tegami wa funshitsusuru to ikenai kara, kakitome ni suru ga yoi.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

紛失 (ふんしつ)

losing something

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

行ける (いける、イケる)

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

書留 (かきとめ)

registered mail; registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK