電でん話わ

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電話する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the act of calling or the call itself. Used with する to mean 'to make a phone call'.

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 電話機. Refers to the physical telephone set.

〈人ひと〉に電でん話わするto phone/call someone
後あとで友とも達だちに電でん話わするつもりだ。
I plan to call my friend later.
〈人ひと〉から電でん話わがあるto get a call from someone
先せん生せいから電でん話わがあった。
I got a call from my teacher.
電でん話わで話はなすto talk on the phone
母ははと電でん話わで話はなした。
I talked with my mother on the phone.

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電でん話わ機き sense 2
電話機 refers specifically to the physical telephone device, while 電話 can mean either the phone call itself or the device, since 電話 is an abbreviation of 電話機.
通つう話わN1sense 1
通話 is the more technical term for the act of talking on a call, often used when discussing call duration or charges, while 電話 is the everyday word for making a phone call.
ＴＥＬ
電話 is the everyday, spoken word for telephone or phone call, while ＴＥＬ is a written abbreviation used mainly on forms, business cards, and websites.
テレ
電話 is the standard, everyday word for telephone, while テレ is a dated, casual shortening of テレフォン rarely heard today.

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コール
電話 is the general Japanese word for a telephone call, while コール is a loanword often used for the act of ringing or a specific call event (as in 'a call' or 'to ring').
電でん話わをかけるN5
電話をかける and 電話する both mean to make a phone call, but 電話する is the shorter, more casual way to say it, treating 電話 as a suru-verb.
テレホン
電話 is the everyday native word for 'telephone', while テレホン is a loanword mostly limited to compound terms like テレホンカード and can sound dated or commercial.

電でん車しゃN5
電話 means 'telephone', while 電車 means 'train'; the two share the kanji 電 and a similar sound pattern, which can trip up beginners.
電でん信しん
電信 refers to telegraphy (text messages sent over wires), while 電話 refers to the telephone and voice communication, a different technology entirely.
対たい話わN1
電話 (telephone/phone call) sounds similar to 対話 and shares the kanji 話, but it refers to a phone device or call, not a face-to-face exchange of ideas.
インターホンN1
電話 refers to a general telephone for communication over distance, whereas インターホン is a fixed intercom system used for talking between rooms or at a building's entrance.

回かいN4sense 1
電話 (a phone call) is counted with 回, as in 電話を一回かける ('to make one phone call').
本ほんN5
Phone calls are counted with 本 (電話を一本かける); the phone as a device is counted 台.
通つう話わN1
Counts telephone calls, especially as billing units.

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A nineteenth-century Sino-Japanese coinage from 電 “electricity” and 話 “speech,” created as a term for the telephone and telephone communication.