チャイム (chaimu)
チャイム is a Japanese noun meaning “chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- チャイム
- Romaji
- chaimu
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- chime; bell (e.g. doorbell) · noun
Example sentences
教室に入って席に着くのとほぼ同時に、始業を知らせるチャイムの音が鳴り響く。
About the same time as he entered the classroom and arrived at his seat, the chime to announce class rings across the school.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Source: JMdict entry 1077890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.