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SIMカード (シムカード) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

SIMカード

Meanings

1

SIM card

A small card inserted into a mobile phone or other device to identify the subscriber and connect to a cellular network.

新あたらしいスマホにSIMカードを入いれた。
I put the SIM card into my new smartphone.
海かい外がい旅りょ行こうのときは現地げんちのしむのSIMカードを買かう。
When traveling abroad, I buy a local SIM card.

Related words

ＳＩＭ
ＳＩＭカード is the full, formal term for a SIM card, while ＳＩＭ is the common short form used in casual speech and compounds.

Written forms

SIMカード
Standard Japanese spelling for a SIM card, using the English acronym SIM in half-width capitals.
ＳＩＭカード

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'SIM card', where SIM stands for Subscriber Identity Module. The Japanese form uses the English acronym SIM in half-width capitals followed by カード.