Illustration: Above a residential Japanese lane, electrical cables stretch between utility poles fitted with ceramic insulators and a transformer. A service wire branches clearly from the overhead line toward a house.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

電でん線せん

densen

electric wire, power cable

Example sentences

  1. 大雪おおゆきのため各所かくしょで電線でんせんが切きれた。

    Electric wires were broken in many places from the heavy snowfall.

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  2. 電線でんせんは電気でんきを流ながす。

    Wires carry electricity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 電線でんせんは銅どうでできている。

    Electricity cables are made of copper.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 電線

  • 電electricityOnデン
  • 線line; trackOnセンKunすじ

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