彼はどんなに忙しくても、月に少なくとも一度は故郷の父母に便りをします。

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English Translation

He writes home to his parents at least once a month, no matter how busy he is.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はどんなに忙(いそが)しくても、月(つき)に少(すく)なくとも一(いち)度(ど)は故郷(こきょう)の父母(ちちはは)に便(たよ)りをします。

Romanji

Kare wa donnani isogashikute mo, tsuki ni sukunakutomo ichi do wa kokyō no chichihaha ni tayori o shimasu.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

どんなに (どんなに)

how; how much

忙しい (いそがしい、せわしい)

busy; hectic; occupied; engaged

も (も)

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

月 (つき)

moon; month

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

少なくとも (すくなくとも)

at least

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

度 (ど)

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)

故郷 (ふるさと、こきょう、きゅうり)

home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins; historic remains

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

父母 (ふぼ、ちちはは、ててはは、かぞいろは、ぶも、かぞいろ)

father and mother; parents

便り (たより)

news; tidings; information; correspondence; 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.

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