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日本語の手紙の書き方 [にほんごのてがみのかきかた] (How to write a Japanese letter)
Meaning: Grammar points for writing in Japanese
Example: Grammar points for writting a letter in Japanese
JLPT Level: 3
Category: social
Author: tigert
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| Hello
I thought that this might be of some use. feel free to add any additional information regarding social customes of written material.
First think you do in any letter is state who you are addressing. In english it would look something like "Dear + Name," or "To + Name,"
in japanese it looks a lot like the second version
"name + へ、” へ is the directional target marker so it could be translated as to
After the name you have a few options as to what you do next.
If its a formal letter (I.E. A letter to your boss, a company, or someone you don`t know)
its best to start with the phrase
拝啓、
haikei
followed by the contents of the letter. and ended with
敬具
keigu
which is the english equivilant of sincerely.
for more personal letter you can skip this step and move streight to the body of the letter.
The first part of the main letter should always talk about the addresses health, the current weather and inquire as to the health of the addresses friends and family. from there you can move onto your reason for writting.
Although I don`t advise it, you can skip all the small talk by replacing 拝啓 with ：
前略
ぜんりゃく
which literally means "preliminaries deleted" in which case the ending changes from 敬具 to
草々
sousou
meaning "in a quick fashion.
well that is a little about letters in Japan. I hope it helps.
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| | nadine | A quick note. In letters between companies the 拝啓・敬具 pair is used. For a letter written by a woman, 拝啓・かしこ would be used.
For reference, Midori has a nice summary on their website. Maybe we can talk about that too
http://www.midori-japan.co.jp/letter/ | | |
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