私はあなたの手紙を昨日受け取りました。

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私はあなたの手紙を昨日受け取りました。

English Translation

I received your letter yesterday.

Furigana

私(わたし)はあなたの手紙(てがみ)を昨日(きのう)受(う)け取(と)りました。

Romanji

Watashi wa anata no tegami o kinō uketorimashita.

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

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

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.

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)

yesterday

受け取る (うけとる)

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