私には時折文通する友人がいる。

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私には時折文通する友人がいる。

English Translation

I have a friend to correspond with from time to time.

Furigana

私(わたし)には時折(ときおり)文通(ぶんつう)する友人(ゆうじん)がいる。

Romanji

Watashi ni wa tokiori buntsūsuru yūjin ga iru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

は (は)

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

時折 (ときおり、ときより)

sometimes

文通 (ぶんつう)

correspondence; exchange of letters

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)