あなたはその電報をいつ受け取りましたか。

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あなた は その 電報 を い つ 受け取りました か 。

English Translation

When did you receive the telegram?

Furigana

あなたはその電報(でんぽう)をいつ受(う)け取(と)りましたか。

Romanji

Anata wa sono denpō o i tsu uketorimashita ka.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

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

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

電報 (でんぽう)

telegram

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.

要る (いる)

to need; to want

つ (つ)

indicates two contrasting actions; indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

受け取る (うけとる)

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

報

Readings: ホウ、 むく.いる

Meanings: report, news, reward, retribution

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