Illustration: In the kitchen of a Japanese home, an older man holds a corded telephone receiver to his ear while pressing a button on the base with his free index finger. The handset cord visibly connects the two parts, and the keypad is viewed obliquely with its markings hidden by his hand.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

かける

kakeru

to make a phone call

Use 電話をかける for making a phone call. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 来週手紙書らいしゅうてがみかくか電話でんわかけるかするよ。

    I’ll write to you or I’ll phone you next week.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは母ははの誕生日たんじょうびには必かならず電話でんわをかける。

    He never fails to call his mother on her birthday.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムは電話でんわをかけた。

    Tom phoned.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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