Dictionary🇯🇵 Japanese → 🇺🇸 English
Japanese to English Dictionary
手紙
tegami
Description
手紙は、だれかに気持ちや話を伝えるために、紙に書いて送るものです。
A 手紙 is something written on paper and sent to convey feelings or messages to someone.
今はメールが多いですが、大切な人には手紙を書く人もいます。
Nowadays emails are common, but some people still write 手紙 to important people.
Meanings
手紙tegami
a letter written and sent to someone
母に手紙を書きました。
I wrote a letter to my mother.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
手 (hand) + 紙 (paper); originally paper kept at hand, later meaning a letter.
- Nuance
In Chinese 手紙 means toilet paper, but in Japanese it always means a letter.
Images