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Breakdown of keitai
portable
携
If your hand can carry a small bird, then the bird is portable.
sash
帯
Thirty cover towels went into making this sash.
Usages of keitai
父 と 母 は 兄 と 姉 に 携帯 を 買いました。titi to haha ha ani to ane ni keitai wo kaimasita.
My father and mother bought my older brother and older sister a cellphone.
携帯電話keitaidenwa
mobile phone
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