通つう話わ

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.

• 友ゆう人じんと一いち時じ間かん通つう話わした。

  I talked with a friend on the phone for an hour.

• 電でん波ぱが悪わるくて通つう話わが切きれた。

  The call dropped because the signal was bad.

• 明日あしたの打うち合あわせはビデオ通つう話わで行おこないます。

  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.

• この料りょう金きん表ひょうでは、三さん分ぷんを一ひと通つう話わとして計けい算さんします。

  In this rate table, three minutes is calculated as one call unit.