Dashboard Review Lessons

Learn

Kana Immersion Decks

Look up

Dictionary Grammar Themes Mining

Prove it

Games Exam Badges

Home Review Dictionary Lessons

v0.58What's newStudy levelSend feedbackReviewFriendsSettingsNotifications

© 2026 Nihongo CircleChangelog Genki companion Credits Terms Privacy Security

電話 (でんわ) — a telephone | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

電話

でんわ

N5

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1a telephone
2telephone call
3phone call
4telephone (device)
5phone

Example sentence

友だちに電話をかけました。

ともだちにでんわをかけました。

I called my friend on the phone.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

電Electricity13 strokes 話Tale, Talk13 strokes

Full entry on Jisho