Answering Phone Calls

Luffy introduces himself as the man who will become the Pirate King

At one point, Luffy developed a habit that every time the Den Den Mushi rings, he picks it up and say: “もしもし! 俺はモンキー・D・ルフィ! 海賊王になる男だ!” (Moshi Moshi! Ore wa Monkii Dii Rufi! Kaizoku ou ni naru otoko da!), which mean “Hello! I am Monkey D. Luffy! The man who will become the Pirate King!”

He did that recklessly without thinking who may be on the other side of the Den Den Mushi.  The first time he said that was to Big Mom, then to a random person asking for help from Punk Hazard, and then to Doflamingo.  This especially annoys Usopp, who thought that they had enough enemies already.

Of course, when we pick up the phone, we do not speak like Luffy did.  Though greeting with もしもし (moshi moshi) is correct.  もしもし is the most common Japanese way of greeting when answering the phone, similar to “hello” in English.  After that, you can probably introduce yourself, ルフィです (Rufi desu), or if you work in a company or agency, the name of the company and agency.

Den Den Mushi of Trafalgar Law 

In One Piece, the Den Den Mushi is used for communication.  In our world, we have telephones, 電話 orでんわ (denwa) and mobile phone, 携帯電話 or けいたいでんわ (keitaidenwa).  When you want to ask someone their phone number, say 電話番号は何ですか (denwa bangou wa nan desuka). 

If someone asks that to you, you can tell your phone number like this, 〇二〇の一三四五の六七八九です (zero ni zero no ichi san yon go no roku nana hachi kyuu desu).  Add の between the codes and you will need to know the numbers from one to nine plus zero.  You can add 番 or ばん (ban) if you want to ask for someone else’s number, like ルフィさんの電話番号は何番ですか (Rufisan no denwa bangou wa nan ban desu ka).

Try practicing it, or you can introduce yourself as the man who will become the Pirate King like Luffy.