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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

通つう信しん

tsuushin

communication

Example sentences

  1. その飛行機ひこうきからの通信つうしんが突然とつぜんとだえた。

    All communication with that airplane was suddenly cut off.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 台風たいふうで本土ほんどとの通信つうしんが絶たえた。

    All communication with the mainland was cut off by the typhoon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 昔彼むかしかれらはのろしで通信つうしんしていた。

    Back then, people communicated using smoke signals.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 通信

  • 通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす
  • 信faith; truthOnシン

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