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先週ウッドさんに手紙を書いて、農場で仕事をさせてくれるように頼んでおいたよ。

Sentence Analyzer

先週 ウッド さん 手紙 書いて 農場 仕事 させてくれる ように 頼んでおいた

English Translation

I wrote to Mr Wood last week and asked him to give you a job on the farm.

Furigana

先週(せんしゅう)ウッドさんに手紙(てがみ)()いて、農場(のうじょう)仕事(しごと)をさせてくれるように(たの)んでおいたよ。

Romanji

Senshū Uddo san ni tegami o kaite, nōjō de shigoto o sasetekureru yōni tanondeoita yo.

Words

先週 (せんしゅう)
last week; the week before
ウッド (ウッド)
wood
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
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
手紙 (てがみ)
letter
()
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
農場 (のうじょう)
farm (agriculture)
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
仕事 (しごと)
work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work
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
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
頼む (たのむ)
to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to order; to reserve; to entrust to; to rely on
()
indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

Kanji

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Reading: シュウ
Meaning: week
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: シ、 かみ
Meaning: paper
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Reading: ノウ
Meanings: agriculture, farmers
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ライ、 たの.む、 たの.もしい、 たよ.る
Meanings: trust, request