あなたからの便りを何週間も心待ちにしていました。

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あなた から 便り 週間 心待ち していました

English Translation

I've been looking forward to hearing from you for weeks.

Furigana

あなたからの便(たよ)りを(なん)週間(しゅうかん)心待(こころま)ちにしていました。

Romanji

Anata kara no tayori o nan shūkan mo kokoromachi ni shiteimashita.

Words

貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
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
()
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
便り (たより)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
()
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.
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
週間 (しゅうかん)
week; weekly
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
心待ち (こころまち)
anticipation; expectation
()
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

Kanji

便
Readings: ベン、 ビン、 たよ.り
Meanings: convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Reading: シュウ
Meaning: week
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち
Meanings: wait, depend on