鉛筆削り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鉛	筆	削
えん Grade: S	ひつ > ぴつ Grade: 3	けず Grade: S

Etymology

Compound of 鉛筆(えんぴつ) (enpitsu, “pencil”) + 削(けず)り (kezuri, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 削(けず)る (kezuru, “shaving”)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんぴつけ​ずり [èńpítsúkéꜜzùrì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞mpʲi̥t͡sɨᵝke̞zɨᵝɾʲi]

Noun

鉛(えん)筆(ぴつ)削(けず)り • (enpitsukezuri) 

1. a pencil sharpener

Synonyms

• シャープナー (shāpunā)