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電話をかける

電話を掛ける

Reading

Kana: でんわをかける
Romaji: denwawokakeru
Kana
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Definition

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to telephone; to make a phone call

See also: 電話が掛かる

Kanji

電
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
話
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
掛
Readings: カイ、 ケイ、 か.ける、 -か.ける、 か.け、 -か.け、 -が.け、 か.かる、 -か.かる、 -が.かる、 か.かり、 -が.かり、 かかり、 -がかり
Meanings: hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

Example Sentences

電話(でんわ)をかけよう。
➥I'll make a phone call.
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駅(えき)から母(はは)に電話(でんわ)をかけた。
➥I called my mother up from the station.
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ビルに電話(でんわ)をかけてみよう。
➥Let's call Bill up.
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電話(でんわ)をかけたい。
➥I want to make a phone call.
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後(あと)で電話(でんわ)をかけましょうか。
➥Shall I call you up later?
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電話(でんわ)をかけても誰(だれ)も出(で)ない。
➥When I phone them nobody answers.
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