Illustration: At a riverside recreation area, a child operates a handheld radio controller while a small remote-controlled car turns around a cone several metres away. The controller's antenna and the car's receiving antenna are clearly visible, with open ground separating them.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

電でん波ぱ

denpa

radio waves, signal

Example sentences

彼かれの携帯電話けいたいでんわは他たの電話でんわを妨害ぼうがいする電波でんぱを出だした。
His mobile phone produced radio emissions that interfered with other phones.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
電波でんぱの発見はっけんにより、無線通信むせんつうしんが可能かのうになった。
The discovery of electric waves made radio possible.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
小笠原諸島おがさわらしょとうでは、ＮＨＫの電波でんぱしか入はいらない。
You can get only NHK in the Ogasawara islands.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 電波

電electricityOnデン
波waves; billowsOnハKunなみ

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