私はその手紙の写しを４部作るように彼女に頼んだ。

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English Translation

I asked her to make four copies of the letter.

Furigana

私(わたし)はその手紙(てがみ)の写(うつ)しを４部(ぶ)作(つく)るように彼女(かのじょ)に頼(たの)んだ。

Romanji

Watashi wa sono tegami no utsushi o yon bu tsukuru yōni kanojo ni tanonda.

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

の (の)

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

写し (うつし)

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

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.

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

部 (ぶ)

department (in an organization); division; bureau; club; part; component; element; category; counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

頼む (たのむ)

to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to order; to reserve; to entrust to; to rely on