多た機き能のう携けい帯たい電でん話わ

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Meanings

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noun

smartphone

Formal or technical term for a smartphone. In everyday conversation, スマートフォン or スマホ is much more common.

Kanji

多many, frequent, much
機loom, mechanism, machine
能ability, talent, skill
携portable, carry (in hand), armed with
帯sash, belt, obi
電electricity
話tale, talk

Similar words

スマートフォン
Standard loanword for smartphone, used in everyday speech. 多機能携帯電話 is a formal, native Japanese equivalent.
スマホ
Common abbreviation of スマートフォン, very casual. 多機能携帯電話 is much more formal and rarely used in conversation.
携けい帯たい電でん話わ
General term for mobile phone, including feature phones. 多機能携帯電話 specifically refers to smartphones.

Etymology

Compound of 多機能 (multi-function) + 携帯電話 (mobile phone). A native Japanese coinage for 'smartphone', likely created as a formal alternative to the loanword スマートフォン.