電

電	Meanings: electricity, electric powered On Readings: デン den Kun Readings: Most Used Pronunciation: den JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 雨 Stroke Number: 13

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Common jukugo
電子辞書 - でん　し　じ　しょ den shi ji sho - electronic dictionary
電気 - でん　き den ki - electricity, (electric) light
電車 - でん　しゃ den sha - train (electric)
電池 - でん　ち den chi - battery
電話 - でん　わ den wa - telephone
終電 - しゅう　でん shuu den - last train (for the night)
快速電車 - かい　そく　でん　しゃ - Express Train
乾電池 - かん　でん　ち - Dry cell (battery)

Useful Examples
Japanese: 今夜七時に、電話するよ。
Romaji: konya nanaji ni, denwa suru yo.
English: I'll ring you up at seven this evening.

Japanese: 雨天の場合にはお電話下さい。
Romaji: uten no baai ni wa odenwa kudasai.
English: In case of rain telephone me.

Japanese: この番号に電話を下さい。
Romaji: kono bangou ni denwa o kudasai.
English: Please call me at this number.

Japanese: 仕事を終えたら電話します。
Romaji: shigoto o oetara denwa shimasu.
English: When I get through with my work I'll call you.

Japanese: 大雪のため各所で電線が切れた。
Romaji: ooyuki no tame kakusho de densen ga kireta.
English: Electric wires were broken at many places from the heavy snowfall.

Japanese: この電車は中野より先は各駅に停車する。
Romaji: kono densha wa nakano yori saki wa kakueki ni teisha suru.
English: This train stops at every station from Nakano on.

Japanese: この講習会に参加をご希望のかたは、今すぐお電話ください。
Romaji: kono koushuukai ni sanka o gokibou no kata wa, ima sugu odenwa kudasai.
English: Please give us a call now if you want to participate in the workshop!

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Notes/Mnemonic
Notice the top part is rain, so think of electric lightning

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.