ゴム
Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- 護謨 (rare)
Noun
ゴム (romaji gomu)
- rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
- Abbreviation of 消しゴム (けしごむ, keshigomu)
- (slang, sexuality) a condom
Derived terms
- 消しゴム (けしごむ, keshigomu)
Etymology 2
From Persian قم (Qom, also transliterated as Ghom).
Proper noun
ゴム (romaji Gomu)
- Qom, a city and province in west-central Iran
References
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan