私はその手紙を３日前に受け取っていた。

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私はその手紙を３日前に受け取っていた。

English Translation

I had received the letter three days before.

Furigana

私(わたし)はその手紙(てがみ)を３日(にち)前(まえ)に受(う)け取(と)っていた。

Romanji

Watashi wa sono tegami o san nichi mae ni uketotteita.

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

手紙 (てがみ)

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.

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

受け取る (うけとる)

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand