消しゴム

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消しゴム

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Eraser

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消しゴム (keshigomu): a common Japanese eraser.

消しゴム (keshigomu): common pink rubber erasers.

Kanji in this term
消
け Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 消し (keshi, “erasing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 消す (kesu, “put out, extinguish; erase”)) +‎ ゴム (gomu, “rubber”, from Dutch gom).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けしゴム [kèshígómú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ke̞ɕiɡo̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

消(け)しゴム • (keshigomu)

an eraser, a rubber

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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