Illustration: At a home kitchen table, a child stretches a thick rubber band between both hands while a parent steadies a stack of lunch boxes that it will secure. Several relaxed bands lie beside a soft rubber ball and a pair of household rubber gloves.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ゴム

gomu

rubber

Example sentences

  1. タイヤはゴムと路面ろめんの摩擦まさつによってすり減へる。

    Tires wear down because of friction between the rubber and the road surface.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ゴムのボールは弾力性だんりょくせいがあるから弾はずむ。

    A rubber ball bounces because it is elastic.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. マヤ族ぞくの人々ひとびとはボールをゴムで作つくっていました。

    The Mayas made their balls out of rubber.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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