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最近は彼女から便りが無い。

Sentence Analyzer

最近 彼女 から 便り 無い

English Translation

We haven't heard from her of late.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)彼女(かのじょ)から便(たよ)りが()い。

Romanji

Saikin wa kanojo kara tayori ga nai.

Words

最近 (さいきん)
most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
便り (たより)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
便
Readings: ベン、 ビン、 たよ.り
Meanings: convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not