Illustration: At a kitchen table before school, a child arranges pencils, an eraser, a plain ruler, paper clips, a closed notebook, and a pencil sharpener around an open pencil case. Each object is distinct and ready for use.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

文ぶん房ぼう具ぐ

bunbougu

stationery

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはこのペンを近所きんじょの文房具ぶんぼうぐ店てんで買かった。

    I bought this pen at the stationer’s around the corner.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしたちは文房具ぶんぼうぐ類るいを大量たいりょうに買かう。

    We buy stationery in bulk.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは学校がっこうの売店ばいてんで文房具ぶんぼうぐを買かった。

    He bought some stationery at the school store.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 文房具

  • 文sentence; literatureOnブン・モンKunふみ・あや
  • 房tassel; tuftOnボウKunふさ
  • 具tool; utensilOnグKunそなえる・つぶさに

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