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彼女から結婚できませんという旨の手紙が届いた。

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彼女 から 結婚 できません という 手紙 届いた

English Translation

I received a letter from her to the effect that she couldn't accept my marriage proposal.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)から結婚(けっこん)できませんという(むね)手紙(てがみ)(とど)いた。

Romanji

Kanojo kara kekkon dekimasen toiu mune no tegami ga todoita.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
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
結婚 (けっこん)
marriage
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(むね)
center (centre); pillar; principle; purport; gist; drift; meaning
()
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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
届く (とどく)
to reach; to arrive; to get through; to get at; to be attentive; to pay attention; to be delivered; to carry (e.g. sound)

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Reading: コン
Meaning: marriage
Readings: シ、 むね、 うま.い
Meanings: delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: シ、 かみ
Meaning: paper
Readings: カイ、 とど.ける、 -とど.け、 とど.く
Meanings: deliver, reach, arrive, report, notify, forward