公こう衆しゅう電でん話わ

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Meanings

noun

public telephone; pay phone

Refers to a telephone installed in a public place for use by anyone, typically requiring payment. In modern Japan, these are becoming less common due to mobile phones.

駅えき前まえに公こう衆しゅう電でん話わがありますか。
Is there a public telephone in front of the station?
公こう衆しゅう電でん話わで電でん話わをかけるのは久ひさしぶりだ。
It's been a while since I made a call from a pay phone.

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Usage patterns

公こう衆しゅう電でん話わから〈人ひと〉に電でん話わをかけるto call someone from a public phone
携けい帯たいの電でん池ちが切きれたので、公こう衆しゅう電でん話わから母ははに電でん話わをかけた。
My phone battery died, so I called my mother from a public phone.
公こう衆しゅう電でん話わを探さがすto look for a public phone
駅えきの周まわりで公こう衆しゅう電でん話わを探さがしたが、なかなか見みつからなかった。
I looked around the station for a public phone, but couldn't find one easily.
公こう衆しゅう電でん話わが減へるfor public phones to decrease in number
携けい帯たい電でん話わの普ふ及きゅうで公こう衆しゅう電でん話わが急きゅう速そくに減へった。
With the spread of mobile phones, public phones have rapidly decreased in number.