鉛筆(えんぴつ)— pencil
鉛筆 で 書きます。
I’ll write with a pencil.
鉛筆えんぴつ
pencil
えんぴつ
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Words
鉛筆enpitsupencil
でdewith (instrument)
書きますkakimasuwrite (polite)
Kanji
鉛エン・ なまりlead (metal)
筆ヒツ・ ふでwriting brush
鉛筆 means “pencil.” 鉛 means “lead,” but a modern pencil’s writing core is graphite, just as English “pencil lead” is not the metal.
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