鉛筆|えんぴつenpitsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N5approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun(wooden) pencil
    ペンか鉛筆えんぴつを持もっていますか。↗
    Do you have a pen or a pencil?
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymペンシルNeutralKatakana loanword from English "pencil". Understandable but far less common than 鉛筆 in everyday usage, so learners should default to 鉛筆 when speaking or writing.

Use 鉛筆 as the standard everyday word for a pencil; ペンシル is the katakana loanword, understood but rarely needed in ordinary speech.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 黒鉛こくえんと粘土ねんどを混まぜて焼き固やきかためた芯しんを、木きの軸じくに入いれた筆記用具ひっきようぐ。黒鉛こくえんと粘土ねんどの比率ひりつによって、さまざまな硬かたさや濃こさの製品せいひんができる。色鉛筆いろえんぴつの場合ばあいは軸じくに顔料がんりょうとタルクとロウを用もちいている。
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