消しゴム

Japanese

消しゴム (keshigomu): a common Japanese eraser.
消しゴム (keshigomu): common pink rubber erasers.
Kanji in this term

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) しゴム [kèshígómú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ɕiɡo̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

()しゴム • (keshigomu) 

  1. an eraser, a rubber

References

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