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わたし
私
は
ごぜんちゅう
午前中
ずっと
てがみ
手紙
を
か
書
いていました。
I have been writing letters all morning.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
私は午前中ずっと手紙を書いていました。
中（ちゅう, じゅう, なか) 中（ちゅう, じゅう, なか)
 
throughout; while; out of; during etc.
私は午前中ずっと手紙を書いていました。
Conjugations and inflections
  書いていました is the polite past form of the progressive form of 'ku' godan verb 書く   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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ご ぜ ん ち ゅ う 0
noun
this morning; in the morning; throughout the morning
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ず っ と 0 ず っ と 3
1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way  (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
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て が み 0
letter
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か く 1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
午
ゴ    noon   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
干
カン   dry; drying frame   ひる to get dry   ほす to dry (something), to air   
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前
ゼン   まえ before   
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刖
the body part and the sword
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⺼
ニク body part   
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
䒑
grass   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
紙
シ   かみ paper   
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氏
シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
糸
シ   いと thread   
書
ショ   かく to write   
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聿
writing brush
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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