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彼からは殴り書きの手紙が一通届いただけで、その後音沙汰が無い。

Sentence Analyzer

から 殴り書き 手紙 届いた だけ その後 音沙汰 無い

English Translation

I got a scribbled note from him, but haven't heard from him since.

Furigana

(かれ)からは(なぐ)()きの手紙(てがみ)(いち)(つう)(とど)いただけで、その()音沙汰(おとさた)()い。

Romanji

Kare kara wa nagurigaki no tegami ga ichi tsū todoita dake de, sonogo otosata ga nai.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
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
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(つう)
connoisseur; authority; counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
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)
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
その後 (そのご、そのあと、そののち)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
音沙汰 (おとさた)
news; letter
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: オウ、 なぐ.る
Meanings: assault, hit, beat, thrash
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: シ、 かみ
Meaning: paper
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: カイ、 とど.ける、 -とど.け、 とど.く
Meanings: deliver, reach, arrive, report, notify, forward
Readings: ゴ、 コウ、 のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
Meanings: behind, back, later
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: サ、 シャ、 すな、 よなげる
Meaning: sand
Readings: タ、 タイ、 おご.る、 にご.る、 よな.げる
Meanings: luxury, select
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not