N2651/1725

受じゅ話わ器き

nounnoun (generic)

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じゅわき

Meanings

(telephone) receiver

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Example sentences

受話器じゅわきを取とって、電話でんわに出でてください。

Please pick up the receiver and answer the phone.

彼女かのじょは受話器じゅわきを置おいて、部屋へやを出でて行いった。

She hung up the receiver and left the room.

受話器じゅわきから聞きこえる声こえがかすかだった。

The voice coming from the receiver was faint.

急いそいでいたので、受話器じゅわきをきちんと置おかずに出でかけてしまった。

Because I was in a hurry, I left without properly placing the receiver back.

受話器じゅわきを耳みみに当あてると、相手あいての息遣いきづかいだけが聞きこえ、言葉ことばは一切いっさいなかった。

When I held the receiver to my ear, all I could hear was the other person's breathing—not a single word.

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