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電波

でんぱ

noun

Meanings

1electro-magnetic wave
2radio wave
3reception
4signal

Example sentence

彼の携帯電話は他の電話を妨害する電波を出した。

His mobile phone produced radio emissions that interfered with other phones.

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Kanji in this word

電Electricity13 strokes 波Waves, Billows, Poland8 strokes

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failure of electricity

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