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話中

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

話中 — “the line is busy (telephone), engaged”

話中 (read はなしちゅう) means the line is busy (telephone), engaged. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

はなしちゅう

Meaning

the line is busy (telephone), engaged

話中 in a sentence

電話でんわが話はなし中ちゅうだ。

The phone line is busy.

The kanji in 話中

話speech; story
中middle; inside

Words that share a kanji with 話中

電話でんわ— a telephone
話はなし— talk (chat), story
話すはなす— to speak
世話するせわする— to take care of, to look after
会話かいわ— conversation
話し合うはなしあう— to discuss, to talk over together
話題わだい— topic, subject of conversation
話し掛けるはなしかける— to speak to, to address, to strike up a conversation with

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