消しゴム

Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 消 (け)し (keshi, “erasing”, stem or continuative form of 消 (け)す (kesu, “to erase”)) + ゴム (gomu, “rubber”, from Dutch gom).

Noun

消しゴム (hiragana and katakana けしゴム, rōmaji keshigomu)

  1. An eraser, a rubber.
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