Word Meaning 公衆電話

こうしゅうでんわ koushuudenwa

公衆電話 is read as こうしゅうでんわ (koushuudenwa) and means public telephone.

Meaning

English

  1. public telephone
  2. pay phone

Reading

Kana

こうしゅうでんわ

Romaji

koushuudenwa

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 10146 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

公衆電話ボックス

こうしゅうでんわぼっくす

public telephone booth

公衆電話網

こうしゅうでんわもう

public telephone network

公衆電線網

こうしゅうでんせんもう

public wireline network

日本電信電話公社

にっぽんでんしんでんわこうしゃ

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct)

公衆

こうしゅう

the public

公衆衛生

こうしゅうえいせい

public health

公衆衛生学

こうしゅうえいせいがく

public health (studies)

公家衆

くげしゅ

courtier

公衆回線

こうしゅうかいせん

public line (as opposed to a private or leased line)

公衆送信権

こうしゅうそうしんけん

public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)

公衆トイレ

こうしゅうといれ

public lavatory

Example Sentences

5

Where is a public telephone?

There is a public telephone on that corner.

There is a public telephone on that corner.

Why didn't you use a pay phone?

Can you tell me where the nearest pay phone is?