私たちは文通していただけで、直接会ったことはないのです。

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English Translation

We've only corresponded and never met in person.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは文通(ぶんつう)していただけで、直接(ちょくせつ)会(あ)ったことはないのです。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa buntsūshiteita dake de, chokusetsu atta koto wa nai no desu.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

文通 (ぶんつう)

correspondence; exchange of letters

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

直接 (ちょくせつ)

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

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

です (です)

be; is