我々は手紙を手書きにしているので、時間が余計にかかる。

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English Translation

We're eating up a lot of time writing letters by hand.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)は手紙(てがみ)を手書(てが)きにしているので、時間(じかん)が余計(よけい)にかかる。

Romanji

Wareware wa tegami o tegaki ni shiteiru node, jikan ga yokei ni kakaru.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

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.

手書き (てがき)

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

が (が)

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

余計 (よけい)

too many; too much; excessive; superfluous; superabundant; extra; spare; surplus; unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; otiose; abundantly; excessively; needlessly; all the more

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on