telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
to telephone; to make a phone call
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
none of your business; not your concern
telephone number; phone number
telephone call; telephone (device)
children's story; fairy tale
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
public telephone; pay phone
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
talk; conversation; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; discourse
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
answering machine; answerphone
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
to put in a call; to call in; to make a call; to contact by phone
telephone booth; telephone box
English conversation; school for English conversation
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
ventriloquism; throwing one's voice
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
needing care (of a person); needing to be looked after; troublesome; annoying; difficult
to require the care of others; to need to be looked after; to be troublesome; to be a nuisance; to be a handful
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
secret story; unknown episode
talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
during a telephone call; busy line
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
mouthpiece of a telephone
sponsor; manager; caretaker; go-between; mediator; agent
anecdote; brief (comic) story
phone duty; being on call
videophone; video telephone; video call
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string
to make a phone call; to answer the phone
black rotary-dial telephone
silent phone call (form of harassment)
to attract public attention; to create a stir; to arouse interest
telephone bill; telephone rate
telephone threat (e.g. of a bomb)
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
simple; straightforward; problem-free; hopeless (person); impossible; the end
care for patients with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.
telecommunications company; telco
to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden
night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
direct speech (in a text); spoken lines; written dialogue
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)
parlance; manner of speaking; art of conversation; narration; speech; discourse
telephone table; telephone stand
lovers talk; sweet nothings
cordless telephone; wireless telephone
moral discourse; admonitory lecture; instructive talk; exemplum; apologue
Roman mythology; Roman myths
ending a phone conversation; hanging up
(telephone) transmitter; mouthpiece
similar story; variant tale
writer of children's stories
charge for a telephone call
much-talked-about; recently popular; in vogue
face-to-face talk; direct communication; direct dialogue; direct talk
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
satellite-based mobile phone
long-distance call; trunk call
public telephone (orig. red); payphone
telephone fee; telephone service charge
(telephonic) transmission
safety myth; myth that something is completely safe (e.g. nuclear plant); safety dogma
anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from someone at first hand
sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)
phone conference; conference call
collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.)
direct (telephone) line; direct dialing
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company
conversational ability; speaking ability
emergency telephone; emergency call
colloquium; symposium; gathering for discussion
gathering for friendly discussion
historical tale; historical talk; historical essay
public telephone booth; phone box
(the art of) storytelling
no-charge call (e.g. via Skype, etc.); toll-free call
telephone switching station; telephone exchange; central office
English conversation school
having a bad connection (phone call); unable to hear (the other person's voice); having a faint voice
urgent phone call; emergency phone call
confabulation; fabrication
conversing from the heart; love story
telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached
small talk; gossip; spoken language; colloquial expression
telephone conference (between heads of state, etc.)
indirect speech; indirect narration
Standard Chinese; Modern Standard Mandarin; Putonghua
sign-language interpreting; sign-language interpreter
extension phone (and its main line)
good story; beautiful story; heartwarming story
direct speech; direct quotation
nuisance phone call; spam phone call
classified telephone directory
retelling (of a tale, legend, etc.)
voice over IP (VoIP); Internet protocol telephony; IP telephony; Internet telephony
telephony; telephone communication
policy of using dialogue instead of confrontation
(a) short story; short-story writer
Internet telephony; Internet telephone
novel written in colloquial Chinese
(telephone) speech quality; sound quality; call quality
flooding a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards)
that's none of your business
subscribed telephone; subscription telephone
phone interview; telephone interview
party line (telephone line shared by multiple subscribers)
legendary literature; narrative literature
American Sign Language; ASL
mobile phone; wireless phone
intra-city telephone call; local call
speech impediment; lalopathy
magneto telephone; hand-crank telephone
personal handyphone system; PHS
phonetic alphabet (e.g. A for alpha, B for bravo, etc.); phonetic code
call-waiting (phone option)
phone in request (e.g. calling a radio station to request a song)
lip reading (esp. in context of deaf people); lipreading; speech reading; speechreading
faxphone; phone with a built-in fax
intercom; intercommunication system
free phone consultation; free phone consultation service
tale of a marriage between a human and a god
drama about domestic life
con artist; swindler who tricks victims with false narratives
(telephone) call forwarding; call diversion
Bukouyawa (chronicle covering the Warring States to Momoyama periods, probably bogus)
coming to talk; conversation one came (to a place) to have
person who looks after others
Japanese Sign Language; JSL
silent time; silence period
International Sign (pidgin sign language); IS
all episodes; all stories; whole story
self-contained (of a story)
dialogue corpus (dialog); dialogue corpora
video call; video chat; videoconferencing
conference call (phone option); conference calling
Northern Chinese; Mandarin
number of episodes (of a television series); number of chapters (of a manga)
telephone subscriber; telephone customer
conversational mode; interactive mode
vernacularism; colloquialism
conversational expression
person-to-person call; personal call
finger language; signing; sign language
facts behind the origin of something; previously unknown story
telephone counselling service
cellular phone; mobile phone
key telephone system; KTS
round table meeting or talks
Qing Mandarin (standard variety of Chinese spoken by official classes during the Qing dynasty); Mandarin (branch of Chinese spoken in northern and southwestern China)
long distance telephone company
talking to oneself; conducting a monologue
conversational processing
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct)
heartbreaking story; tragic tale
National Issues Forum; NIF
teleconference; video conferencing
station-to-station (comms)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation; NTT
demythologization; demythicization
regional Bell operating company; RBOC
telephone counselling; telephone consultation
intra-city telephone rate; local-call rate
intercom; intercommunication system
long-distance telephone company
discourse representation theory; DRT
international telephone number
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
KDD; Kokusai Denshin Denwa
telephone telegram; phonogram
train telephone; railway radiotelephone
discourse representation structure theory; DRS
Act for Identification, etc. by Mobile Voice Communications Carriers of Their Subscribers, etc. and for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Voice Communications Services; Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act
next-generation mobile phone
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee; CCITT
private branch exchange; PBX
conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
Beijing dialect of Standard Chinese as spoken during the Qing dynasty
easy-to-use telephone equipment provided free of charge or at a rebated cost for elderly or disabled who live alone
mind your own business!; keep out of it!
public telephone; payphone; pay phone
blue telephone; (blue) public telephone