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携帯電話 (けいたいでんわ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

携けい帯たい電でん話わ

also: けいたい

け

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で

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わ

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Meanings

1

noun

mobile phone; cell phone

Standard term for a mobile phone. The abbreviation 携帯 (けいたい) is very common in casual speech.

新あたらしい携けい帯たい電でん話わを買かった。
I bought a new mobile phone.
電でん車しゃの中なかで携けい帯たい電でん話

わ

を

使つか

わ

ない

で

ください

。

Please do not use your mobile phone on the train.

Written forms

携けい帯たい電でん話わ
Standard kanji spelling for 'mobile phone'.
ケータイ
Common colloquial abbreviation, often written in katakana.
携けい帯たい
Common abbreviation; can also mean 'portable' in other contexts.

Kanji

携portable, carry (in hand), armed with
帯sash, belt, obi
電electricity
話tale, talk

Similar words

スマートフォン
Specifically a smartphone, while 携帯電話 is a broader term that includes feature phones.
携けい帯たい
Common abbreviation of 携帯電話, but can also mean 'portable' in compounds like 携帯ゲーム (portable game).

Etymology

Compound of 携帯 (けいたい, 'portable') and 電話 (でんわ, 'telephone').