米国のペンフレンドと文通し始めて１年になる。

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English Translation

I have been corresponding with a pen pal in the USA for a year.

Furigana

米国(べいこく)のペンフレンドと文通(ぶんつう)し始(はじ)めて１年(ねん)になる。

Romanji

Beikoku no penfurendo to buntsūshihajimete ichi nen ni naru.

Words

米国 (べいこく)

America; USA

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

ペンフレンド (ペンフレンド)

pen-friend

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

文通 (ぶんつう)

correspondence; exchange of letters

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...