東京に来て３日間しかたたないのに父が死んだという便りをもらった。

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English Translation

I had been in Tokyo only three days when I received news of my father's death.

Furigana

東京(とうきょう)に来(き)て３日間(にちかん)しかたたないのに父(ちち)が死(し)んだという便(たよ)りをもらった。

Romanji

Tōkyō ni kite san nichikan shika tatanai noni chichi ga shinda toiu tayori o moratta.

Words

東京 (とうきょう)

Tokyo

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

日間 (ひあい)

time; days; daily interest rate

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

起つ (たつ)

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

が (が)

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

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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.

貰う (もらう)

to receive; to take; to accept; to get somebody to do something