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| もしもし |
Hello [used in telephone conversations] |
| おたく |
(someone's) house, residence [polite equivalent of うち] |
| るすです |
is not at home |
| はなし中[ちゅう]です |
line is busy [lit., "in the middle of talk"] |
| でんわを かけます |
to make a phone call |
| いらっしゃいます |
exist, be [polite equivalent of います] |
| まちがえました |
made a mistake |
| かわりました |
It's me [lit., "We've changed over"] |
| ざんねんですが... |
Sorry, but... [used to decline invitations. Lit., "It's disappointing, but..."] |
| Sentence+ が... |
Leaves the sentence incomplete to avoid directness. The listener is expected to empathize w/ the speaker and mentally complete the sentence. |
| 何[なん]ども |
many times |
| でんごんを おねがいします。 |
May I leave a message? |
| ファックスを おくる |
to send a fax |
| でん子[し]メール |
email |
| メッセージ |
message |
| けいたいでんわ |
cell phone |
| こちらは ~です。 |
This is~ [on telephone] |
| るすばんでんわ |
telephone answering machine/ voice mail |
| ポケットベル/ポケベル |
pager |
| 門 |
[モン] gate |
| 聞 |
[き, ブン] listen, hear |
| omitting を, が, は, へ |
Common in informal conversations [に, で, から, まで, と, etc. are not dropped as easily] |
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