糸電話

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • tin can telephone

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 糸 (thread, string) + Japanese 電話 (telephone, call, phone).

Origin

Japanese

電話

Gloss

telephone, call, phone

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji
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