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私たちは何とか外国切手を数枚入手できた。

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私たち 何とか 外国 切手 入手 できた

English Translation

We managed to get some foreign stamps.

Furigana

(わたし)たちは(なん)とか外国(がいこく)切手(きって)(すう)(まい)入手(にゅうしゅ)できた。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa nantoka gaikoku kitte o sū mai nyūshu dekita.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何とか (なんとか)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)
foreign country
切手 (きって)
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
()
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.
(まい)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)
入手 (にゅうしゅ)
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
Readings: マイ、 バイ
Meanings: sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert