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鉛筆(えんぴつ)— pencil


I’ll write with a pencil.


pencil

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In detail

Words

enpitsupencil
dewith (instrument)
kakimasuwrite (polite)

Kanji

lead (metal)
writing brush

means “pencil.” means “lead,” but a modern pencil’s writing core is graphite, just as English “pencil lead” is not the metal.

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