Fill in the blanks according to the English translation provided (use Hiragana only).

私は[Fill in the blank],
をもらうために、先生に、[Fill in the blank],
を書いていただきました。

I asked my teacher to write a letter of recommendation (reference letter) for me to get a scholarship.

Question

Fill in the blanks according to the English translation provided (use Hiragana only).

私は[Fill in the blank],
をもらうために、先生に、[Fill in the blank],
を書いていただきました。

I asked my teacher to write a letter of recommendation (reference letter) for me to get a scholarship.

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Question restatement and blanks to fill: Fill in the blanks according to the English translation provided (use Hiragana only).

私は[Fill in the blank],
をもらうために、先生に、[Fill in the blank],
を書いていただきました。

English meaning provided: I asked my teacher to write a letter of recommendation (reference letter) for me to get a scholarship.

First blank analysis: 私は[しょうがくきん],
In this position, the phrase をもらうために indicates the purpose of the action (to obtain something). The thing being obtained here is a scholarship. The Japanese noun for scholarship in everyday use is しょうがくきん, written in Hiragana as requested. Therefore, しょうがくきん correctly fits the blank as the object of the action “to obtain.”

Second blank analysis: 先生に、[すいせんじょう],
The following verb phrase is 書いていただきました, meaning “was written (for me) by the teacher.” The thing that is written is a letter of recommendation, which in Japanese is すいせんじょう. This noun is commonly used for recommendation letters and aligns with the meaning “letter of recommendation (reference letter)” in the provided English translation. Since the instruction specifies Hiragana only, すいせんじょう is the appropriate Hiragana form.

Putting it together conceptually: The structure 私は [something], をもらうために, [someone] に, [something else], を書いていただきました expresses the idea that the speaker did something for the purpose of obtaining something, with the second blank indicating that the teacher wrote the item needed for that purpose. Here, the first blank designates the item being sought (a scholarship), and the second blank designates the item requested to be written (a letter of recommendation).

Common mirror examples or confusions (for clarity):
- Using a different noun for the scholarship (e.g., しょうきん) would not be standard for this context; しょうがくきん is the established term for a scholarship funds or award. 
- Using てがみ (letter) instead of すいせんじょう would alter the meaning; in the context of a formal academic application, すいせんじょう is the conventional term for a letter of recommendation. 
- Writing すいせんじょう in kanji or mixed script is possible in other contexts, but the task requires Hiragana, hence すいせんじょう is presented in Hiragana.

In summary, the filled Hiragana sequence aligns with both the semantic meaning (scholarship and letter of recommendation) and the syntactic roles within the sentence structure provided.

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