How to say it was a long letter, but in brief, he said, "no." in Japanese
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それはそれは(soreha) (adv) very/extremely/that is長い長い(nagai) (adj-i) long/long/lengthy手紙手紙(tegami) (n,adj-no) letterだっただった(datta) wasがが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and、、(、) Japanese comma要す要す(yousu) (v5s,vt) to need/to require/to take/to demandるる(ru) (n) exileにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.彼彼(kare) (ok) that , or something understood without naming it directly)/that person/over there/hey/eh?/thatはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh「「(「) Japanese quote否否(hi) (int) no/nay/well/er/why」no dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbとと(to) (prt,conj) if/when/and/with/particle used for quoting/quoting particle/ promoted pawn/ indicates question言ってno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbいる(v1,vi) to be/to exist/to stay/ verb indicating continuing action or stateの(prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates questionだっただった(datta) was。。(。) Japanese period "."
