貴殿宅の水道水は硬水過ぎます。軟水を使用しましょう。

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English Translation

Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener.

Furigana

貴殿(きでん)宅(たく)の水道水(すいどうすい)は硬水(こうすい)過(す)ぎます。軟水(なんすい)を使用(しよう)しましょう。

Romanji

Kiden taku no suidōsui wa kōsui sugimasu. nansui o shiyōshimashō.

Words

貴殿 (きでん)

you (primarily used by men in letters to their male equals or superiors); your residence

宅 (たく)

house; home; husband

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

水道水 (すいどうすい)

tap-water

は (は)

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

硬水 (こうすい)

hard water

過ぎる (すぎる)

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...

軟水 (なんすい)

soft water

を (を)

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.

使用 (しよう)

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation