This is a list of various terms for the phone in Japanese.
There are a lot of words about the telephone in Japanese.
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Important Japanese word on telephone; What does moshi-moshi mean?
Have you ever seen or heard "Moshi-Moshi"?
Ever wondered why Japanese people say 'Moshi Moshi' twice on the phone?
-In Japanese, it's used when answering the telephone, and means "hello" or "hi."
It is a little different though it is said.
<Etymology of Moshi-Moshi.>
The age when the telephone was used for the first time in Japan is an age of the name "Meiji era".
The samurai who had answered the telephone at that time said "Mousu-Mousu".
"Mousu" is a meaning "I speak".
The word into which the "Mousu" gradually have changed is present "Moshi-Moshi".
The telephone when the telephone began to be used was a chance to tell the requirement like not the conversation but telegraph.
In a word, Moshi-Moshi was a password "I talk the requirement, now".
Therefore, Moshi-Moshi is a Samurai word.
And, Moshi-Moshi is a signal to begin to talk.
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The line on the alphabet in a table expresses "the sound to extend."
Phone Terminology List in Japanese.pdf
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