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Usages of denwa
電話 の 画面 が 暗くて 見えません。denwa no gamen ga kurakute miemasen.
The phone screen is dark and I can't see it.
私 は 友達 と 電話 で 話します。watasi ha tomodati to denwa de hanasimasu.
I talk with my friend on the phone.
そちら から こちら に 来るの は 無理 なら、 電話 で 話そう。sotira kara kotira ni kuruno ha muri nara, denwa de hanasou.
If coming here from there is impossible, let’s talk on the phone.
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