電話帳（でんわちょう、denwachou）
- phone book

The Japanese word 電話帳 電話帳 (denwachou) means "telephone directory" or "phone book." It is a book or a list containing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of individuals and businesses. It allows people to find contact information for others. It can be a physical book or a digital database.

⚫︎ 電話帳で友達の電話番号を調べました。 Translation: I looked up my friend's phone number in the telephone directory. ⚫︎ 彼は新しい電話帳を買いに行きました。 Translation: He went to buy a new telephone directory. ⚫︎ 電話帳には、さまざまな企業の連絡先が載っています。 Translation: The telephone directory contains contact information for various companies.

You use 電話帳 to find someone's phone number or address. It's used in situations where you need to contact someone, but you don't know their phone number or have it readily available. You would use 電話帳 when you refer to the physical book or the act of searching for contact information in it.

The word is typically written as 電話帳, which combines the kanji for "telephone" 電話 (denwa) and "book" 帳 (chou). • The word is commonly written using the kanji. • The hiragana reading is でんわちょう. • There are no variations in okurigana.

There aren't many direct synonyms for 電話帳 in Japanese, as it is a specific term. However, it can be substituted by referring to the activity of looking for a number, such as: • 電話番号を調べる (denwa bangou o shiraberu) - "to look up a phone number" • 電話リスト (denwa risuto) - "phone list" (though this is more of a list you make yourself)

There are no direct antonyms for 電話帳. It is a specific object; therefore, the concept of "opposite" doesn't apply.

この《電話帳は古くて、多くの電話番号が変わっています。》 ・Translation: This telephone directory is old, and many phone numbers have changed. ・Explanation: This sentence explains that the current phone book is outdated and the information is not up to date.

すみません、この《電話帳で田中さんの電話番号を教えてもらえますか？》 ・Translation: Excuse me, could you tell me Mr. Tanaka's phone number from this phone book? ・Explanation: This sentence asks for assistance in looking up a phone number in a telephone directory.

The word 電話帳 is a compound word. • 電話 (denwa) comes from the combination of 電 (den) "electricity" and 話 (wa) "speech" or "talk," thus meaning "telephone." • 帳 (chou) means "book," "notebook," or "directory." Therefore, 電話帳 literally translates to "telephone book."