私はよく電話をするが、手紙はめったに書かない。

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English Translation

I often call, but seldom write a letter.

Furigana

私(わたし)はよく電話(でんわ)をするが、手紙(てがみ)はめったに書(か)かない。

Romanji

Watashi wa yoku denwa o suru ga, tegami wa mettani kakanai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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

が (が)

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

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

滅多に (めったに)

rarely; seldom

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint