Illustration: At the sheltered edge of a railway station forecourt, a traveler uses a public telephone mounted inside a glass booth. One hand holds its corded receiver to their ear while the other feeds a coin into the machine above the keypad.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう衆しゅう電でん話わ

koushuudenwa

public telephone, pay phone

Example sentences

  1. 公衆電話こうしゅうでんわはどこですか。

    Where is a public telephone?

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  2. このあたりに公衆電話こうしゅうでんわはありませんか。

    Is there a public phone around here?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. なぜ公衆電話こうしゅうでんわを使つかわなかったのですか。

    Why didn’t you use a pay phone?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 公衆電話

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 衆masses; great numbersOnシュウ・シュKunおおい
  • 電electricityOnデン
  • 話tale; talkOnワKunはなす・はなし

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