電話, でんわ
Takes suru, Transitive, Intransitive
1. telephone call, phone call
See 電話機, Abbreviation
2. telephone (device)
電話は繰り返し鳴っていた。
が
Particle
1. indicates the subject of a sentence
literary in modern Japanese; usu. written as ヶ in place names
2. indicates possession
Conjunction
3. but, however, (and) yet, though, although, while
4. and
5. used after an introductory remark or explanation
あり, 蟻, アリ
Usually in kana
ant
1匹のキリギリスと多くのアリが野原に住んでいた。
あり, 在り, 有り
May take 'no', See 在る・ある・1, Usually in kana
1. existing (at the present moment)
NA-adjective, Colloquialism
2. alright, acceptable, passable
Irregular ru verb, plain form ends with -ri, Intransitive, See 在る・ある・2
3. to be (usu. of inanimate objects), to have