Illustration: In a Japanese classroom after lessons, a child uses a short piece of chalk to finish a large drawing of a cat on the blackboard. The stick touches the board, leaving a fresh powdery curve at the end of a whisker.

チョーク

chooku

chalk

Example sentences

チョークを手てに取とった。
He picked up a piece of chalk.
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チョークを三本さんぼんください。
Give me three pieces of chalk.
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トムは先生せんせいからチョークを投なげられて目めが覚さめた。
Tom woke up when the piece of chalk that the teacher threw at him hit him.
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