電波

See also: 电波

Chinese

electric; electricity; electrical
 
wave; ripple; storm; surge
trad. (電波)
simp. (电波)

Pronunciation


Noun

電波

  1. (physics) electromagnetic wave

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
でん
Grade: 2
は > ぱ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative forms

  • (slang) デムパ (demupa)

Pronunciation

Noun

電波 (hiragana でんぱ, rōmaji denpa)

  1. radio wave
     (でん) () (つう)じて (はな)
    denpa o tsūjite hanasu
    talk over the radio
  2. mobile phone signal
    トンネルだから (でん) () ()し。
    Tonneru da kara denpa nashi.
    Because of the tunnel, there is no mobile phone signal.
  3. (slang) nonsense produced by a mentally unsound person, who is termed a  (でん) () (けい) (denpa-kei, radio-wave-type) person

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

電波 (-na inflection, hiragana でんぱ, rōmaji denpa)

  1. (slang) random and nonsensical

Inflection

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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