Illustration: On the kitchen counter of a modest Japanese apartment, a compact radio has a large ridged tuning dial with a small pointer and a ring of plain tick marks. A grandmother grips the dial between finger and thumb, turning it carefully while leaning one ear toward the speaker grille.

ダイヤル

daiyaru

dial

Example sentences

トムはもう一度いちどその番号ばんごうをダイヤルした。
Tom dialed the number again.
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ダイヤル式しきの電話でんわって、ほとんど見みなくなったな。
You don’t see many dial phones around anymore.
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彼かれは自転車じてんしゃのロックのダイヤルを回まわした。
He turned the dial on the bicycle lock.
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