私の娘は少なくとも週に一度は必ず手紙をくれます。

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English Translation

My daughter never fails to write to me at least once a week.

Furigana

私(わたし)の娘(むすめ)は少(すく)なくとも週(しゅう)に一(いち)度(ど)は必(かなら)ず手紙(てがみ)をくれます。

Romanji

Watashi no musume wa sukunakutomo shū ni ichi do wa kanarazu tegami o kuremasu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

娘 (むすめ)

(my) daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

は (は)

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

少なくとも (すくなくとも)

at least

週 (しゅう)

week

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

一 (いち)

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

度 (ど)

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)

必ず (かならず)

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

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.

呉れる (くれる)

to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given