Word Meaning 電線

でんせん densen

電線 is read as でんせん (densen) and means telephone line.

Meaning

English

  1. telephone line
  2. telegraph wire
  3. electric line
  4. electric cable
  5. power cable

Reading

Kana

でんせん

Romaji

densen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 3528 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

電話線

でんわせん

telephone line

電気力線

でんきりきせん

line of electric force

電話回線

でんわかいせん

telephone line

電気通信回線

でんきつうしんかいせん

telecommunication line

電子線

でんしせん

electron beam

強電線

きょうでんせん

power line

無線電話

むせんでんわ

cordless telephone

内線電話

ないせんでんわ

extension telephone

有線電話

ゆうせんでんわ

landline telephone

特定省電力無線機

とくていしょうでんりょくむせんき

special low power transceiver (wireless)

電波

でんぱ

saying strange things

電池

でんち

battery

Example Sentences

6

Wires transmit electricity.

If you touch that wire, you'll get a shock.

The man connected two wires.

Wires are used to convey electricity.

When a coil is moved near to a wire with current flowing in it current flows in the coil as well.

It was evening and already dark but I saw a cat walking along a telephone wire. Can they do that, cats?