内線|ないせんnaisen[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounphone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
- RelatedホームテレホンNeutralA loanword for a home telephone device or system, whose very name suggests home use; 「内線」 broadly covers extensions and lines within a building.
- Related親子電話おやこでんわNeutralPhones sharing a single line as a parent-and-child set, typically home equipment; 「内線」 is the line or extension linking phones within a building.
- Antonym外線がいせんNeutralThe line connecting to the outside, the opposite of 「内線」, which links phones within a building; extensions can also call out through the outside line.
Use 「内線」 for phone extensions within a company or building, as in 「内線123番」; lines going outside are 「外線」, and home parent-child phone sets are 「親子電話」.
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