Illustration: At a small Japanese railway station, a uniformed staff member leans toward a fixed microphone inside an open service booth. Their mouth is open mid-message, and their free hand gestures toward the platform entrance.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

アナウンス

anaunsu

spoken announcement

Example sentences

  1. 今いまのアナウンスは何なにだったのですか。

    What did the announcement just say?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 今いまのアナウンスがよくわからなかったのですが。

    I couldn’t understand the announcement that was just made.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 出発しゅっぱつ20分前ぷんまえになったら、搭乗案内とうじょうあんないのアナウンスがかかるって。

    They said they’d make the boarding announcement 20 minutes before takeoff.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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