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Have you heard from your sister lately?
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saikin
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
no adjective
  1. nearest; closest
oneesan
noun
  1. older sister; elder sister (usu. お姉さん)
  2. young lady (vocative)
  3. miss (referring to a waitress, etc.; usu. お姐さん)
  4. ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors; usu. お姐さん)
  5. older girl
o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
neesan
noun
  1. older sister; elder sister (usu. 姉さん)
  2. young lady (vocative)
  3. miss (referring to a waitress, etc.; usu. 姐さん)
  4. ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors; usu. 姐さん)
kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
tayori
noun, noun, used as a suffix, suru verb
  1. news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter (pron. だより as a suffix)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
aru

Polite Present Indicative Form

arimasu
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way

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