Word Meaning 手紙

てがみ tegami

手紙 is read as てがみ (tegami) and means letter.

Meaning

English

letter
missive
note
mail

Reading

Kana

てがみ

Romaji

tegami

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Related Words 定期的,近況 Rank 3792 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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手本紙

てほんがみ

paper used for copybooks

手紙を出す

てがみをだす

to mail a letter

手紙文

てがみぶん

epistolary style

大手紙

おおてし

major newspaper

ガラテヤ人への手紙

がらてやじんへのてがみ

Epistle to the Galatians (book of the Bible)

コリント人への手紙

こりんとじんへのてがみ

Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)

ヘブライ人への手紙

へぶらいじんへのてがみ

Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible)

ヘブル人への手紙

へぶるびとへのてがみ

Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible)

ローマ人への手紙

ろーまじんへのてがみ

Epistle to the Romans (book of the Bible)

手紙爆弾

てがみばくだん

letter bomb

手紙を宛てる

てがみをあてる

to address (direct) a letter to a person

手紙を添える

てがみをそえる

to attach a letter

Example Sentences

はい、手紙。

Here's a letter for you.

手紙は書いたの？

Did you write a letter?

手紙を下さい。

Let me hear from you.

手紙書いてね。

Write me sometime, OK?

長い手紙でした。

It was a long letter.

手紙、読んだよ。

I read your letter.

手紙は出したよ。

I sent them a letter.

手紙は僕宛だよ。

The letter is for me.

彼は手紙を書く。

He writes a letter.

彼から手紙がきた？

You heard from him?

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