通話|つうわtsuuwa[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtelephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; videoconference call
    通話つうわの申し込もうしこみを取り消とりけしましょうか。↗
    Should I cancel the call?
  2. countercounter for telephone calls of a set durationused to determine a charge
Conjugation
Dictionary form通話する(つうわする)
Polite (masu)通話します(つうわします)
Negative (nai)通話しない(つうわしない)
polite (masen)通話しません(つうわしません)
classical zu / nu通話せず・通話せぬ(つうわせず・つうわせぬ)
Past (ta)通話した(つうわした)
polite (mashita)通話しました(つうわしました)
Past negative (nakatta)通話しなかった(つうわしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)通話しませんでした(つうわしませんでした)
Te form通話して(つうわして)
Potential通話できる(つうわできる)
Passive通話される(つうわされる)
Causative通話させる(つうわさせる)
Causative passive通話させられる(つうわさせられる)
Conditional (ba)通話すれば(つうわすれば)
tara通話したら(つうわしたら)
Volitional通話しよう(つうわしよう)
polite (mashou)通話しましょう(つうわしましょう)
Imperative通話しろ(つうわしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym電話でんわNeutralThe most general word, covering both the telephone itself and a phone call. 「通話」 narrows in on the act of talking on the line, as in 「通話料」.
  • Related架電かでんWrittenWritten/formal prose: making a phone call, seen mostly in business and customer-service language. 「通話」 focuses on the call itself.
  • Related電話をかけるでんわをかけるNeutralA phrase for making a phone call, the most common everyday expression. 「通話」 is a noun that focuses on the call itself and its duration.

Use 「通話」 for the call itself and for its length or charges, as in 「通話料金」 and 「無料通話」. To make a call, say 「電話をかける」; 「架電」 is formal business language; 「電話」 is the everyday word for the phone and for a call in general.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 電話でんわで話はなしをすること。
  2. 電話でんわで話はなしをするときの一定時間いっていじかんを単位たんいとした長ながさ。
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