私にはたまに文通する友人がいる。

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私 に は たまに 文通する 友人 が いる 。

English Translation

I have a friend to correspond with now and then.

Furigana

私(わたし)にはたまに文通(ぶんつう)する友人(ゆうじん)がいる。

Romanji

Watashi ni wa tamani buntsūsuru yūjin ga iru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

は (は)

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

偶に (たまに)

occasionally; once in a while

文通 (ぶんつう)

correspondence; exchange of letters

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

友

Readings: ユウ、 とも

Meaning: friend

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person