"電話" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [dẽ̞ɰ̃β̞a̠] Forms: 電話 [canonical] (ruby: (でん), ()), denwa [romanization]
Etymology: Wasei kango, from 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”). See also 話す (hanasu). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|電|話|t1=electric|t2=conversation|tr1=den|tr2=wa}} 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|でんわ}} 電(でん)話(わ) • (denwa)
  1. telephone
    Sense id: en-電話-ja-noun-czlyUVmJ
  2. telephone call; phone call; call Categories (topical): Telephony
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お電話 (o-denwa) (ruby: 電話(でんわ)) [honorific]
Derived forms: 電話を切る (denwa o kiru) (ruby: 電話(でんわ), ()) (english: to hang up), 携帯電話: a cellular [mobile] phone (keitaidenwa) (ruby: 携帯電話(けいたいでんわ)), 移動電話 (idōdenwa) (ruby: 移動電話(いどうでんわ)) (english: a mobile telephone), 衛星電話 (eiseidenwa) (ruby: 衛星電話(えいせいでんわ)) (english: a satellite phone), 親子電話 (oyakodenwa) (ruby: 親子電話(おやこでんわ)) (english: an extension telephone), 公衆電話 (kōshūdenwa) (ruby: 公衆電話(こうしゅうでんわ)) (english: a pay public phone), 青電話 (aodenwa) (ruby: 青電話(あおでんわ)), 赤電話 (akadenwa) (ruby: 赤電話(あかでんわ)), アドオン電話 (adoondenwa) (ruby: 電話(でんわ)), 糸電話 (itodenwa) (ruby: 糸電話(いとでんわ)) (english: a string telephone), 脅迫電話 (kyōhakudenwa) (ruby: 脅迫電話(きょうはくでんわ)), コードレス電話 (kōdoresudenwa) (ruby: 電話(でんわ)) (english: a cordless phone), 国際電信電話 (kokusaidenshindenwa) (ruby: 国際電信電話(こくさいでんしんでんわ)), 国際電話: international phone (kokusaidenwa) (ruby: 国際電話(こくさいでんわ)) (english: calls), 市外電話 (shigaidenwa) (ruby: 市外電話(しがいでんわ)) (english: a long-distance call), 自動車電話 (jidōshadenwa) (ruby: 自動車電話(じどうしゃでんわ)) (english: a car telephone), 卓上電話 (takujōdenwa) (ruby: 卓上電話(たくじょうでんわ)), 長距離電話 (chōkyoridenwa) (ruby: 長距離電話(ちょうきょりでんわ)) (english: a long distance call), 直通電話 (chokutsūdenwa) (ruby: 直通電話(ちょくつうでんわ)), 通常加入電話 (tsūjōkanyūdenwa) (ruby: 通常加入電話(つうじょうかにゅうでんわ)), テレビ電話: a videophone (terebidenwa) (ruby: 電話(でんわ)), 転送電話 (tensōdenwa) (ruby: 転送電話(てんそうでんわ)), 内線電話 (naisendenwa) (ruby: 内線電話(ないせんでんわ)), 長電話 (nagadenwa) (ruby: 長電話(ながでんわ)) (english: a long telephone conversation), 無言電話 (mugondenwa) (ruby: 無言電話(むごんでんわ)) (english: a silent call), 無線電話 (musendenwa) (ruby: 無線電話(むせんでんわ)), 呼び出し電話 (yobidashidenwa) (ruby: (), (), 電話(でんわ)), 留守番電話 (rusubandenwa) (ruby: 留守番電話(るすばんでんわ)) (english: answering machine), 電話ボックス: a telephone booth[box] (denwabokkusu) (ruby: 電話(でんわ)), 電話会社 (denwagaisha) (ruby: 電話会社(でんわがいしゃ)), 電話回線 (denwakaisen) (ruby: 電話回線(でんわかいせん)), 電話機 (denwaki) (ruby: 電話機(でんわき)), 電話局 (denwakyoku) (ruby: 電話局(でんわきょく)), 電話交換局 (denwakōkankyoku) (ruby: 電話交換局(でんわこうかんきょく)), 電話交換手 (denwakōkanshu) (ruby: 電話交換手(でんわこうかんしゅ)), 電話交換台 (denwakōkandai) (ruby: 電話交換台(でんわこうかんだい)), 電話口 (denwaguchi) (ruby: 電話口(でんわぐち)), 電話室 (denwashitsu) (ruby: 電話室(でんわしつ)), 電話世論調査 (denwaseronchōsa) (ruby: 電話世論調査(でんわせろんちょうさ)), 電話線 (denwasen) (ruby: 電話線(でんわせん)) (english: a telephone wire), 電話中 (denwachū) (ruby: 電話中(でんわちゅう)), 電話帳 (denwachō) (ruby: 電話帳(でんわちょう)) (english: a telephone book), 電話調査 (denwachōsa) (ruby: 電話調査(でんわちょうさ)), 電話番号 (denwabangō) (ruby: 電話番号(でんわばんごう)) (english: a telephone number), 電話網 (denwamō) (ruby: 電話網(でんわもう)) (english: a telephone net), 電話料 (denwaryō) (ruby: 電話料(でんわりょう)), 電話加入者 (denwakanyūsha) (ruby: 電話加入者(でんわかにゅうしゃ)), 悪戯電話 (itazuradenwa) (ruby: 悪戯電話(いたずらでんわ)) (english: a prank call), 共同電話 (kyōdōdenwa) (ruby: 共同電話(きょうどうでんわ)) (english: a party line), ダイヤル式電話 (daiyarushikidenwa) (ruby: 式電話(しきでんわ)) (english: a dial telephone), プッシュホン式電話 (pusshuhonshikidenwa) (ruby: 式電話(しきでんわ)) (english: a push-button telephone)

Verb

IPA: [dẽ̞ɰ̃β̞a̠]
Etymology: Wasei kango, from 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”). See also 話す (hanasu). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|電|話|t1=electric|t2=conversation|tr1=den|tr2=wa}} 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”) Forms: 電話する [canonical] (ruby: (でん), ()), denwa suru [romanization], 電話し [stem] (ruby: (でん), ()), 電話した [past] (ruby: (でん), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 電話し [error-unrecognized-form], でんわし [error-unrecognized-form], denwa shi [error-unrecognized-form], 電話する [error-unrecognized-form], でんわする [error-unrecognized-form], denwa suru [error-unrecognized-form], 電話すれ [error-unrecognized-form], でんわすれ [error-unrecognized-form], denwa sure [error-unrecognized-form], 電話せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 電話しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], でんわせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], でんわしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], denwa seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], denwa shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 電話される [passive], でんわされる [passive], denwa sareru [passive], 電話させる [causative], 電話さす [causative], でんわさせる [causative], でんわさす [causative], denwa saseru [causative], denwa sasu [causative], 電話できる [potential], でんわできる [potential], denwa dekiru [potential], 電話しよう [volitional], でんわしよう [volitional], denwa shiyō [volitional], 電話しない [negative], でんわしない [negative], denwa shinai [negative], 電話せず [continuative, negative], でんわせず [continuative, negative], denwa sezu [continuative, negative], 電話します [formal], でんわします [formal], denwa shimasu [formal], 電話した [perfective], でんわした [perfective], denwa shita [perfective], 電話して [conjunctive], でんわして [conjunctive], denwa shite [conjunctive], 電話すれば [conditional, hypothetical], でんわすれば [conditional, hypothetical], denwa sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to make a phone call; to telephone; to call
    Sense id: en-電話-ja-verb-Pc9FO3sX Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 23 25 1 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 23 25 0 25 25 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 52 47 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 50 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 50 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 50 49 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 10 25 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お電話 (o-denwa) (ruby: 電話(でんわ)) [honorific]
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to hang up",
      "roman": "denwa o kiru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ],
        [
          "切",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話を切る"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "keitaidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "携帯電話",
          "けいたいでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "携帯電話: a cellular [mobile] phone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a mobile telephone",
      "roman": "idōdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "移動電話",
          "いどうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "移動電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a satellite phone",
      "roman": "eiseidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "衛星電話",
          "えいせいでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "衛星電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "an extension telephone",
      "roman": "oyakodenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "親子電話",
          "おやこでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "親子電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a pay public phone",
      "roman": "kōshūdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "公衆電話",
          "こうしゅうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "公衆電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "aodenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "青電話",
          "あおでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "青電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "akadenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "赤電話",
          "あかでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "赤電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "adoondenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "アドオン電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a string telephone",
      "roman": "itodenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "糸電話",
          "いとでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "糸電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kyōhakudenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "脅迫電話",
          "きょうはくでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "脅迫電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a cordless phone",
      "roman": "kōdoresudenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "コードレス電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kokusaidenshindenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国際電信電話",
          "こくさいでんしんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国際電信電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "calls",
      "roman": "kokusaidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国際電話",
          "こくさいでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国際電話: international phone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a long-distance call",
      "roman": "shigaidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "市外電話",
          "しがいでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "市外電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a car telephone",
      "roman": "jidōshadenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自動車電話",
          "じどうしゃでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "自動車電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "takujōdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "卓上電話",
          "たくじょうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "卓上電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a long distance call",
      "roman": "chōkyoridenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "長距離電話",
          "ちょうきょりでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "長距離電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chokutsūdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "直通電話",
          "ちょくつうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "直通電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tsūjōkanyūdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "通常加入電話",
          "つうじょうかにゅうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "通常加入電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "terebidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "テレビ電話: a videophone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tensōdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "転送電話",
          "てんそうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "転送電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "naisendenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "内線電話",
          "ないせんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "内線電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a long telephone conversation",
      "roman": "nagadenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "長電話",
          "ながでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "長電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a silent call",
      "roman": "mugondenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無言電話",
          "むごんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無言電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "musendenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無線電話",
          "むせんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無線電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yobidashidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "呼",
          "よ"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "だ"
        ],
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "呼び出し電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "answering machine",
      "roman": "rusubandenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "留守番電話",
          "るすばんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "留守番電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwabokkusu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話ボックス: a telephone booth[box]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwagaisha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話会社",
          "でんわがいしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話会社"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwakaisen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話回線",
          "でんわかいせん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話回線"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話機",
          "でんわき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話機"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwakyoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話局",
          "でんわきょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話局"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwakōkankyoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話交換局",
          "でんわこうかんきょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話交換局"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwakōkanshu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話交換手",
          "でんわこうかんしゅ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話交換手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwakōkandai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話交換台",
          "でんわこうかんだい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話交換台"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwaguchi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話口",
          "でんわぐち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話口"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwashitsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話室",
          "でんわしつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話室"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwaseronchōsa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話世論調査",
          "でんわせろんちょうさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話世論調査"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a telephone wire",
      "roman": "denwasen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話線",
          "でんわせん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話線"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwachū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話中",
          "でんわちゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話中"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a telephone book",
      "roman": "denwachō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話帳",
          "でんわちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話帳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwachōsa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話調査",
          "でんわちょうさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話調査"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a telephone number",
      "roman": "denwabangō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話番号",
          "でんわばんごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話番号"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a telephone net",
      "roman": "denwamō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話網",
          "でんわもう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話網"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwaryō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話料",
          "でんわりょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話料"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "denwakanyūsha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話加入者",
          "でんわかにゅうしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話加入者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a prank call",
      "roman": "itazuradenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪戯電話",
          "いたずらでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "悪戯電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a party line",
      "roman": "kyōdōdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "共同電話",
          "きょうどうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "共同電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a dial telephone",
      "roman": "daiyarushikidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "式電話",
          "しきでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ダイヤル式電話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a push-button telephone",
      "roman": "pusshuhonshikidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "式電話",
          "しきでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "プッシュホン式電話"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ami",
            "2": "tingwa",
            "3": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Amis: tingwa, dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Amis: tingwa, dingwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tay",
            "2": "renwa'",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Atayal: renwa'",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Atayal: renwa'"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnn",
            "2": "ding-ua",
            "3": "zing-ua",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bunun: ding-ua, zing-ua",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bunun: ding-ua, zing-ua"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "電話",
            "obor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 電話/电话 (diànhuà)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 電話/电话 (diànhuà)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ckv",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kavalan: dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kavalan: dingwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "전화",
            "obor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 전화 (jeonhwa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 전화 (jeonhwa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ryu",
            "2": "電話",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "でぃんわ, dinwa"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Okinawan: 電話 (でぃんわ, dinwa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Okinawan: 電話 (でぃんわ, dinwa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pwn",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Paiwan: dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Paiwan: dingwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pif",
            "2": "dengiwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pingelapese: dengiwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pingelapese: dengiwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pon",
            "2": "dengwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pohnpeian: dengwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pohnpeian: dengwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pyu",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Puyuma: dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Puyuma: dingwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dru",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "3": "dinva",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rukai: dingwa, dinva",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rukai: dingwa, dinva"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trv",
            "2": "dengwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Taroko: dengwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Taroko: dengwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsu",
            "2": "tenva",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tsou: tenva",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tsou: tenva"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "điện thoại",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: điện thoại",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: điện thoại"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tao",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yami: dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yami: dingwa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "電",
        "3": "話",
        "t1": "electric",
        "t2": "conversation",
        "tr1": "den",
        "tr2": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Wasei kango, from 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”). See also 話す (hanasu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電話",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "話",
          "わ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "でんわ"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)話(わ) • (denwa)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to install a telephone",
          "roman": "denwa o hiku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "引",
              "ひ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話を引く",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to answer the phone",
          "roman": "denwa ni deru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話に出る",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "telephone"
      ],
      "id": "en-電話-ja-noun-czlyUVmJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 23 25 1 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 23 25 0 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 52 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 56 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 71 17",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Telephony",
          "orig": "ja:Telephony",
          "parents": [
            "Electronics",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Technology",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to make a call",
          "roman": "denwa o kakeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "掛",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話を掛ける",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to receive a call",
          "roman": "denwa ga kakatte kuru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "掛",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "く"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話が掛かって来る",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to hang up",
          "roman": "denwa o kiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話を切る",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "telephone call; phone call; call"
      ],
      "id": "en-電話-ja-noun-f1xPse4v",
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone call",
          "telephone call"
        ],
        [
          "phone call",
          "phone call"
        ],
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんわ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞ɰ̃β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "o-denwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "お電話"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Wasei kango"
  ],
  "word": "電話"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "電",
        "3": "話",
        "t1": "electric",
        "t2": "conversation",
        "tr1": "den",
        "tr2": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Wasei kango, from 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”). See also 話す (hanasu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電話する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "話",
          "わ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話し",
      "roman": "denwa shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "話",
          "わ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話した",
      "roman": "denwa shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "話",
          "わ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 23 25 1 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 23 25 0 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 52 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 50 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 25 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make a phone call; to telephone; to call"
      ],
      "id": "en-電話-ja-verb-Pc9FO3sX",
      "links": [
        [
          "phone call",
          "phone call"
        ],
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんわ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞ɰ̃β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "o-denwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "お電話"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Wasei kango"
  ],
  "word": "電話"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Telephony"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to hang up",
      "roman": "denwa o kiru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ],
        [
          "切",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話を切る"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keitaidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "携帯電話",
          "けいたいでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "携帯電話: a cellular [mobile] phone"
    },
    {
      "english": "a mobile telephone",
      "roman": "idōdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "移動電話",
          "いどうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "移動電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a satellite phone",
      "roman": "eiseidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "衛星電話",
          "えいせいでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "衛星電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "an extension telephone",
      "roman": "oyakodenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "親子電話",
          "おやこでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "親子電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a pay public phone",
      "roman": "kōshūdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "公衆電話",
          "こうしゅうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "公衆電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aodenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "青電話",
          "あおでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "青電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akadenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "赤電話",
          "あかでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "赤電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "adoondenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "アドオン電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a string telephone",
      "roman": "itodenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "糸電話",
          "いとでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "糸電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kyōhakudenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "脅迫電話",
          "きょうはくでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "脅迫電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a cordless phone",
      "roman": "kōdoresudenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "コードレス電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokusaidenshindenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国際電信電話",
          "こくさいでんしんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国際電信電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "calls",
      "roman": "kokusaidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国際電話",
          "こくさいでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国際電話: international phone"
    },
    {
      "english": "a long-distance call",
      "roman": "shigaidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "市外電話",
          "しがいでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "市外電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a car telephone",
      "roman": "jidōshadenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自動車電話",
          "じどうしゃでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "自動車電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "takujōdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "卓上電話",
          "たくじょうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "卓上電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a long distance call",
      "roman": "chōkyoridenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "長距離電話",
          "ちょうきょりでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "長距離電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chokutsūdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "直通電話",
          "ちょくつうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "直通電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsūjōkanyūdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "通常加入電話",
          "つうじょうかにゅうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "通常加入電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "terebidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "テレビ電話: a videophone"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tensōdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "転送電話",
          "てんそうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "転送電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "naisendenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "内線電話",
          "ないせんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "内線電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a long telephone conversation",
      "roman": "nagadenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "長電話",
          "ながでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "長電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a silent call",
      "roman": "mugondenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無言電話",
          "むごんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無言電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "musendenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無線電話",
          "むせんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無線電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yobidashidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "呼",
          "よ"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "だ"
        ],
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "呼び出し電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "answering machine",
      "roman": "rusubandenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "留守番電話",
          "るすばんでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "留守番電話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwabokkusu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話ボックス: a telephone booth[box]"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwagaisha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話会社",
          "でんわがいしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話会社"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwakaisen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話回線",
          "でんわかいせん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話回線"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話機",
          "でんわき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話機"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwakyoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話局",
          "でんわきょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話局"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwakōkankyoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話交換局",
          "でんわこうかんきょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話交換局"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwakōkanshu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話交換手",
          "でんわこうかんしゅ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話交換手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwakōkandai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話交換台",
          "でんわこうかんだい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話交換台"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwaguchi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話口",
          "でんわぐち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話口"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwashitsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話室",
          "でんわしつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話室"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwaseronchōsa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話世論調査",
          "でんわせろんちょうさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話世論調査"
    },
    {
      "english": "a telephone wire",
      "roman": "denwasen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話線",
          "でんわせん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話線"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwachū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話中",
          "でんわちゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話中"
    },
    {
      "english": "a telephone book",
      "roman": "denwachō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話帳",
          "でんわちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話帳"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwachōsa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話調査",
          "でんわちょうさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話調査"
    },
    {
      "english": "a telephone number",
      "roman": "denwabangō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話番号",
          "でんわばんごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話番号"
    },
    {
      "english": "a telephone net",
      "roman": "denwamō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話網",
          "でんわもう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話網"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwaryō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話料",
          "でんわりょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話料"
    },
    {
      "roman": "denwakanyūsha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話加入者",
          "でんわかにゅうしゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "電話加入者"
    },
    {
      "english": "a prank call",
      "roman": "itazuradenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪戯電話",
          "いたずらでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "悪戯電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a party line",
      "roman": "kyōdōdenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "共同電話",
          "きょうどうでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "共同電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a dial telephone",
      "roman": "daiyarushikidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "式電話",
          "しきでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ダイヤル式電話"
    },
    {
      "english": "a push-button telephone",
      "roman": "pusshuhonshikidenwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "式電話",
          "しきでんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "プッシュホン式電話"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ami",
            "2": "tingwa",
            "3": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Amis: tingwa, dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Amis: tingwa, dingwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tay",
            "2": "renwa'",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Atayal: renwa'",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Atayal: renwa'"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bnn",
            "2": "ding-ua",
            "3": "zing-ua",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bunun: ding-ua, zing-ua",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bunun: ding-ua, zing-ua"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "電話",
            "obor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 電話/电话 (diànhuà)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 電話/电话 (diànhuà)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ckv",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kavalan: dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kavalan: dingwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "전화",
            "obor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 전화 (jeonhwa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 전화 (jeonhwa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ryu",
            "2": "電話",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "でぃんわ, dinwa"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Okinawan: 電話 (でぃんわ, dinwa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Okinawan: 電話 (でぃんわ, dinwa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pwn",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Paiwan: dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Paiwan: dingwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pif",
            "2": "dengiwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pingelapese: dengiwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pingelapese: dengiwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pon",
            "2": "dengwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pohnpeian: dengwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pohnpeian: dengwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pyu",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Puyuma: dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Puyuma: dingwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dru",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "3": "dinva",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rukai: dingwa, dinva",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rukai: dingwa, dinva"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trv",
            "2": "dengwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Taroko: dengwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Taroko: dengwa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsu",
            "2": "tenva",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tsou: tenva",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tsou: tenva"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "điện thoại",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: điện thoại",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: điện thoại"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tao",
            "2": "dingwa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yami: dingwa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yami: dingwa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "電",
        "3": "話",
        "t1": "electric",
        "t2": "conversation",
        "tr1": "den",
        "tr2": "wa"
      },
      "expansion": "電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Wasei kango, from 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”). See also 話す (hanasu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "電話",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ],
        [
          "話",
          "わ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "でんわ"
      },
      "expansion": "電(でん)話(わ) • (denwa)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to install a telephone",
          "roman": "denwa o hiku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "引",
              "ひ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話を引く",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to answer the phone",
          "roman": "denwa ni deru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話に出る",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "telephone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to make a call",
          "roman": "denwa o kakeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "掛",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話を掛ける",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to receive a call",
          "roman": "denwa ga kakatte kuru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "掛",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "く"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話が掛かって来る",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to hang up",
          "roman": "denwa o kiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電話",
              "でんわ"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "電話を切る",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "telephone call; phone call; call"
      ],
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        [
          "telephone call",
          "telephone call"
        ],
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          "phone call",
          "phone call"
        ],
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          "call",
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        ]
      ]
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      "other": "でんわ"
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      "ipa": "[dẽ̞ɰ̃β̞a̠]"
    }
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    {
      "roman": "o-denwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "お電話"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Wasei kango"
  ],
  "word": "電話"
}

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        "tr2": "wa"
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  "etymology_text": "Wasei kango, from 電 (den, “electric”) + 話 (wa, “conversation”). See also 話す (hanasu).",
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      "form": "電話する",
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          "電",
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          "話",
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      "form": "電話した",
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          "電",
          "でん"
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          "話",
          "わ"
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        "past"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-suru",
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      "form": "電話し",
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      "form": "でんわし",
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      "form": "denwa shi",
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      "form": "電話する",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "でんわする",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "denwa suru",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "電話すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "でんわすれ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "denwa sure",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "電話せよ",
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      "form": "電話しろ",
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        "imperative"
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      "form": "でんわせよ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわしろ",
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      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
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        "imperative"
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      "form": "denwa seyo",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
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      "form": "denwa shiro",
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        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "電話される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa sareru",
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      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
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      "form": "でんわさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話した",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfective"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "でんわした",
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        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でんわして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwa shite",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "電話すれば",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "でんわすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    {
      "form": "denwa sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make a phone call; to telephone; to call"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phone call",
          "phone call"
        ],
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でんわ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dẽ̞ɰ̃β̞a̠]"
    }
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    {
      "roman": "o-denwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "電話",
          "でんわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "お電話"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Wasei kango"
  ],
  "word": "電話"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 電話 meaning in Japanese (17.2kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "電話"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "電話",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "電話"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "電話",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
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    "電話"
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "電話",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "電話"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "電話",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "電話"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "電話",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "電話",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "電話",
  "trace": ""
}

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