あなたがただ手紙を書くだけで、あなたの父親は多くのことを心配しなくて済むだろう。

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English Translation

You will save your father a lot of worry if you simply write him a letter.

Furigana

あなたがただ手紙(てがみ)を書(か)くだけで、あなたの父親(ちちおや)は多(おお)くのことを心配(しんぱい)しなくて済(す)むだろう。

Romanji

Anata ga tada tegami o kaku dake de, anata no chichioya wa ōku no koto o shinpaishinakute sumu darou.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

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

が (が)

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

只 (ただ、タダ)

ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless

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.

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

父親 (ちちおや)

father

は (は)

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

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

心配 (しんぱい)

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid; assistance

済む (すむ)

to finish; to end; to be completed; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry