I received a letter from her to the effect that she couldn't accept my marriage proposal.

At the same time, the clerk Natsue Arimura told Gokijo of her intent to resign after this month.

Weakness brought on by a number of respiratory ailments had forced him just last week to announce that he was giving up his conducting career.

He sent me a letter to the effect that his poultry farm would go bankrupt sooner or later.