• "mobile phone" and "electric car"

    From ram@ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) to sci.lang.japan on Mon Sep 29 11:21:21 2025
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    Mobile Phone in Japanese

    The word for "mobile phone" is generally uE|o+>oc+*-# (keitai denwa)
    or just uE|o+> (keitai) in everyday conversation. uE|o+> (keitai)
    literally means "something that is carried" and oc+*-# (denwa)
    means "telephone".

    Electric Car in Japanese

    The word for "electric car" is oc+u#u*c-oio*+e (denki jid+isha). oc+u#u (denki)
    means "electricity," and *c-oio*+e (jid+isha) means "automobile" or "car".

    oc+*+e

    The word oc+*+e (densha) means "train", specifically referring to an
    electric train or railway vehicle that runs on tracks and is powered
    by electricity. It is the standard term for regular trains used for
    public transportation within and between cities in Japan, as opposed
    to uu#o||t+U (shinkansen), which refers to high-speed bullet trains.


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  • From Dimitris Tzortzakakis@noone@nospam.com to sci.lang.japan on Mon Sep 29 18:52:26 2025
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    +u-a+|-e 29/9/2025 2:21 ++.++., ++/++ Stefan Ram +!+|-U+#-e+|:
    Mobile Phone in Japanese

    The word for "mobile phone" is generally uE|o+>oc+*-# (keitai denwa)
    or just uE|o+> (keitai) in everyday conversation. uE|o+> (keitai)
    literally means "something that is carried" and oc+*-# (denwa)
    means "telephone".

    Electric Car in Japanese

    The word for "electric car" is oc+u#u*c-oio*+e (denki jid+isha). oc+u#u (denki)
    means "electricity," and *c-oio*+e (jid+isha) means "automobile" or "car".

    oc+*+e

    The word oc+*+e (densha) means "train", specifically referring to an
    electric train or railway vehicle that runs on tracks and is powered
    by electricity. It is the standard term for regular trains used for
    public transportation within and between cities in Japan, as opposed
    to uu#o||t+U (shinkansen), which refers to high-speed bullet trains.


    okay, thanks a lot for the fast response!
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