混線

こんせん

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive crossed line; crossing of wires; crosstalk
2. getting mixed up (of different topics in a conversation); confusion; (talking at) cross-purposes

Kanji

• 混 mix. Read as コン.
• 線 line. Read as セン.

Example sentences

• 電話が混線している。
  The lines are crossed.
• 混線しています。
  The lines are crossed.
• 雨くらいで電話が混線してたら日本なんて大変ですよね。
  If rain was enough to get phone-lines crossed then Japan would be in a right mess, wouldn't it?

Word lists

• Telecommunications

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists