消しゴム

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
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) けしごむ [kèshígómú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ɕiɡo̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

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

1. an eraser, a rubber

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN