► 名詞
字 [じ] meaning: letter rank: 1
☆ アルファベットを使う欧米で字が読めない人がいるというのは不思議だ ⇨ It is somewhat strange that there are illiterate people in the US and Europe where alphabets are used
☆ 彼の字は汚すぎて読めない ⇨ His letters are, handwriting is, so bad and cannot be read
☆ 私の名前も彼女の名前も「ともこ」だが字が違う ⇨ My name and her name are both “Tomoko” but with different Kanji letters
手紙 [てがみ] meaning: letter rank: 1
☆ 彼から手紙が届いた ⇨ He sent me a letter (☛ Usually personal letters)
文字 [(1)もじ] meaning: letter rank: 1
☆ 象形文字 ⇨ Hieroglyphs
葉書 [はがき] meaning: letter rank: 2
☆ 彼から絵葉書が届いた ⇨ He sent me a picture postcard (☛ A postcard)
大文字 [おおもじ] meaning: letter rank: 3
☆ 文は全て大文字で書かれている ⇨ The entire sentence is written in upper case
小文字 [こもじ] meaning: letter rank: 3
☆ 文は全て小文字で書かれている ⇨ The entire sentence is written in lower case
便り [(1)たより] [liter] meaning: letter rank: 3
☆ 長いこと彼から何の便りもない ⇨ There hasn’t been any letter from him for a long time
封書 [ふうしょ] meaning: letter rank: 3
☆ 手紙は封書で送った ⇨ I sent the letter in an envelope (☛ A letter in an envelope)
文字化け [もじばけ] meaning: letter rank: 3
☆ 日本語が文字化けしている ⇨ Japanese texts are all garbled up (because of a wrong encoding)
► 接尾辞
通 [(1)つう] meaning: letter rank: 2
☆ 一通の手紙 (いっつう) ⇨ One letter (☛ The unit for letters, emails)
状 [じょう] meaning: letter rank: 3
☆ 詫び状 ⇨ An apology letter