糸電話(いとでんわ)

小(ちい)さい頃(ころ)は糸(いと)電話(でんわ)でよく遊(あそ)びました。

When I was little, I often played with a telephone made from two cans and a piece of string. {telephone made from two cans and a piece of string}

糸電話(いとでんわ)を作(つく)るために紙(かみ)コップと紐(ひも)を用意(ようい)する。

Prepare paper cups and string to make a telephone made from two cans and a piece of string. {telephone made from two cans and a piece of string}

糸(いと)の振動(しんどう)を利用(りよう)して音(おと)を伝(つた)えるおもちゃを糸(いと)電話(でんわ)と言(い)います。

A toy that uses the vibration of a string to transmit sound is called a telephone made from two cans and a piece of string. {telephone made from two cans and a piece of string}

そういえば、夏休(なつやす)みは祖母(そぼ)に糸(いと)電話(でんわ)の作(つく)り方(かた)を聞(き)かずじまいで終(お)わった。

Come to think of it, summer vacation ended without me asking my grandmother how to make a telephone from two cans and a piece of string. {telephone made from two cans and a piece of string}

作(つく)り方(かた)によっては、糸(いと)電話(でんわ)は何(なん)メートルも先(さき)に音声(おんせい)を伝(つた)えられるそうです。

Depending on how it's made, a telephone made from two cans and a piece of string can reportedly transmit sound several meters away. {telephone made from two cans and a piece of string}