電話をかける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	話
でん Grade: 2	わ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

電話 (telephone) + を + かける (hiragana spelling of 掛ける, to speak, to call out)

Verb

電(でん)話(わ)をかける • (denwa o kakeru) ichidan (stem 電(でん)話(わ)をかけ (denwa o kake), past 電(でん)話(わ)をかけた (denwa o kaketa))

to call someone over the telephone

Synonyms

電(でん)話(わ　)する (denwa suru)
(uncommon) 架(か)電(でん) (kaden): a call

Antonyms

電(でん)話(わ　)を切(　き)る (denwa o kiru): to hang up the phone

Related terms

(intransitive) 電(でん)話(わ)がかかる (denwa ga kakaru):
電(でん)話(わ) (denwa): telephone
電(でん)話(わ)に出(で)る (denwa ni deru): to answer the phone