Illustration: At the front of a Japanese classroom, a child stretches upward to wipe a large blackboard with a felt eraser. The board carries only broad chalk smudges, and a freshly wiped rectangle reveals its dark surface.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

黒こく板ばん

kokuban

blackboard

Example sentences

  1. 黒板こくばんに書かきますね。

    I’ll write it on the blackboard.

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  2. 黒板こくばんを見みなさい。

    Look at the blackboard.

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  3. この黒板こくばんは黒くろでなく緑みどりだ。

    This blackboard is not black, but green.

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Kanji in 黒板

  • 黒blackOnコクKunくろ・くろずむ・くろい
  • 板plank; boardOnハン・バンKunいた

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