"鉛筆" meaning in Japanese

See 鉛筆 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ẽ̞mpʲi̥t͡sɨ] Forms: 鉛筆 [canonical] (ruby: 鉛(えん), 筆(ぴつ)), enpitsu [romanization], 本 [counter]
Etymology: Calque of English lead pencil Etymology templates: {{calque|ja|en|lead pencil}} Calque of English lead pencil Head templates: {{ja-noun|えんぴつ|count=本}} 鉛(えん)筆(ぴつ) • (enpitsu) (counter 本)
  1. a pencil (graphite writing-instrument) Derived forms: 鉛筆画 (enpitsuga) (ruby: 鉛筆画(えんぴつが)), 鉛筆削り (enpitsu-kezuri) (ruby: 鉛筆削(えんぴつけず)), 色鉛筆 (iro-enpitsu) (ruby: 色鉛筆(いろえんぴつ)), ロケット鉛筆 (roketto enpitsu) (ruby: 鉛筆(えんぴつ))
    Sense id: en-鉛筆-ja-noun-krAbHVn4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Writing instruments Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Writing instruments: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 鉛筆 [canonical] (ruby: 鉛(いん), 筆(ぴつ)), inpitsu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|いんぴつ}} 鉛(いん)筆(ぴつ) • (inpitsu)
  1. (dialect, Ibaraki) a pencil (graphite writing-instrument) Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-鉛筆-ja-noun-krAbHVn41 Categories (other): Ibaraki Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Writing instruments Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Writing instruments: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 鉛筆 meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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