外国での生活がどんなに忙しくても、彼は必ず週１回は故国の父母に手紙を書いていた。

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English Translation

No matter how busy he was while living abroad, he never failed to write home to his parents at least once a week.

Furigana

外国(がいこく)での生活(せいかつ)がどんなに忙(いそが)しくても、彼(かれ)は必(かなら)ず週(しゅう)１回(かい)は故国(ここく)の父母(ちちはは)に手紙(てがみ)を書(か)いていた。

Romanji

Gaikoku de no seikatsu ga donnani isogashikute mo, kare wa kanarazu shū ichi kai wa kokoku no chichihaha ni tegami o kaiteita.

Words

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

どんなに (どんなに)

how; how much

忙しい (いそがしい、せわしい)

busy; hectic; occupied; engaged

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

必ず (かならず)

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably

週 (しゅう)

week

一 (いち)

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

回 (かい)

counter for occurrences; counter for games, rounds, etc.; counter for innings (baseball); Islam; Hui (people)

故国 (ここく)

one's native land

父母 (ふぼ、ちちはは、ててはは、かぞいろは、ぶも、かぞいろ)

father and mother; parents

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

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

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.

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint