電でん話わが掛かかる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

get a phone call; receive a call

Intransitive expression meaning a phone call comes in or is received. The caller is usually marked with から.

See also: 電話をかける

• さっき母ははから電でん話わが掛かかってきた。

  I just got a phone call from my mother.

• 会かい議ぎ中ちゅうに電でん話わが掛かかってきたら、出でられない。

  If I get a phone call during the meeting, I can't answer it.