電話機|でんわきdenwaki[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nountelephone (device)
   電話機でんわきが壊こわれているかどうか調しらべて下ください。↗

   Can you check if the phone is out of order?

• Synonym電話でんわNeutralCovers the call, the phone in general, or the device itself, and is the most versatile of the three — 「電話をかける」; 「電話機」 refers strictly to the machine itself.
• SynonymテレホンNeutralLoanword that can also stand alone for the telephone, but is rarely used today, seen mostly in compounds like 「テレホンカード」; 「電話機」 is the word for the machine itself.

Use 「電話機」 for the telephone device itself, as in 「固定電話機」. For calls and the phone in general, use 「電話」, which also appears in most compounds. 「テレホン」 is uncommon today, seen mainly in 「テレホンカード」 and the like.

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1. 音声おんせいを電波でんぱ、電流でんりゅうに変換へんかんし、それを遠方えんぽうの相手あいてと送受信そうじゅしんする端末たんまつの装置そうち。