Illustration: A woman has paused while potting a small plant on her apartment balcony to answer her mobile phone. She holds it to her ear with a clean hand, mouth just opening in greeting and eyebrows lifted with attentive expectation.

JLPT N5interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

もしもし

moshimoshi

hello (on the phone)

Example sentences

  1. もしもし。小川おがわですが。

    Hello. This is Ogawa speaking.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. もしもし。小川おがわさんですか。

    Hello, are you Mr Ogawa?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. もしもし、こちらはマイクです。

    Hello, this is Mike.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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