Communication Words Translations

There are many ways to communicate with each other, like by speaking through a phone to have a conversation. Once you're communicating, you might want to express your contact information to the other party like your name, address, hometown, or phone number. This page can help you with such vocabulary.

First up we'll start with some general communication terms that you may run into, before moving into some device types. Finally, we'll finish up with some common contact information translations.

General Terms

English to Japanese

• Conversation - Kaiwa
• Speak - Hanashimasu

Japanese to English

• Hanashimasu - Speak
• Kaiwa - Conversation

Sample Sentences

• Have a conversation with a person
  ↪ Hito to hanashi o suru

Devices

English to Japanese

• Cellphone - Keitai (denwa)
• Mobile phone - Keitai (denwa)
• Phone - Denwa
• Telephone - Denwa

Japanese to English

• Denwa - Phone / Telephone
• Keitai (denwa) - Cellphone / Mobile phone

* Please note, in the above translations where denwa is shown in brackets, the denwa is optional.

Contact Information

English to Japanese

• Name - Namae
• Address - Juusho
• Hometown - Shusshin
• Phone number - Denwa bango

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