noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
call; telephone call; voice or video call
Refers to speaking with someone through a telephone, smartphone, app, or similar connection. As 通話する, it is intransitive and commonly used with と for the person called, or in compounds such as 音声通話 and ビデオ通話.
友人と一時間通話した。
I talked with a friend on the phone for an hour.
電波
The call dropped because the signal was bad.
明日の打ち合わせはビデオ通話で行います。
Tomorrow's meeting will be held by video call.
counter
billing unit for calls; counter for call units
Specialized telecom or billing use: 通話 can count a set-duration unit of a telephone call for calculating charges, rather than simply counting separate conversations.
この料金表では、三分を一通話として計算します。
In this rate table, three minutes is calculated as one call unit.