Dear Takeyamasan,
Thank you for your New Year card and the email that I received last week. I had been worried about you and your family for a while, because I had not had any letters from you.
Morata Shin nen hagaki to email wa domo arigato. Tegami ga konakata dakara, shinpai shimashita. Takeyama ga doriyoku no ni, kaisha hijorni byoki narimashita. Are dakara, sabishiku narimashita. Demo, Takeyamasan genki desu, so yomimashita, ii mono desu.
I was very sad to read that your company is very very ill. I am sure that it is not due to any lack of effort by you. I know you have worked very hard to try and revive it.
The good news in your letter is that you are well, that is very important.
Koyuki kekon o suru so yomimashita. Suberashi desu. Koyuki ii kata kara, hitori de amari yokunai desu. Takeyama to Youriko ga, kekon dakara ureshii desu go takai deshoo. moo 2 shukan, moo ikai byooin ikimashoo. Ga genki narimashoo kekonkai ikitai. are wa dekimasuka? Koyuki no otaku no machiwa, Miyagiken no Hida Takayama desuka?
Aichan mo kekon shimashta no wa tanoshii desu. Koyuki to Aiwa no kekon wa, Itsu deshooka? Doozo dashita.
I am very happy that Koyuki will marry. She is a lovely person, and it has saddened me that she was still single. I know that you are happy about the wedding, but it will be expensive!!!. I have to go to hospital later this month, but I expect to be strong again a few weeks later. If I am well enough, I would like to be there, but perhaps that would not be appropriate. Is her husband's town Hida Takayama in Miyagi Ken? I know there are several towns with that name.
I am also happy that Ai will marry. Please let me know the dates of the weddings.
Takeyama, I know that the next few months will be very worrying for you because of your company, and the weddings. However if you would like to visit here for a short time, I would happily provide an airline ticket for you. Good friends are there to help in difficult times.
Takeyamasan, ima mondai ooi desu….kaisha, to kekontachi….. demo Osutoraria no visit o shitai, watashi ga shikoku no kippu o dasu dekimasu. Ii tomodachi dakara daijoobu desu.
Yuriko, Koyuki to Ai, minasan ni yuroshiku doozo.
Tomimura