Illustration: At the open-sided entrance of a modest Japanese house, a visitor presses the small doorbell button beside the closed front door. The view also reveals the entry hall, where a simple two-bar chime has its central striker touching one bar.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

チャイム

chaimu

chime, doorbell

Example sentences

  1. チャイムが鳴なったね。

    The door bell has rung.

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  2. トムさんはチャイムを押おしました。

    Tom rang the doorbell.

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  3. 学校がっこうのチャイムの音おとが聞きこえたんだ。

    I heard the school bell ring.

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