Illustration: In an apartment entrance hall, a first-year elementary pupil turns sideways while a parent fastens the broad flap of a rigid rectangular school backpack. Its firm box-shaped body, rounded upper edges, substantial shoulder straps, and underside clasp are clearly visible.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ランドセル

randoseru

Japanese elementary school backpack

It is the structured backpack used by elementary school pupils. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

ランドセルをそっと玄関げんかんに放ほうりこんで、母親ははおやに見みつからぬように、外そとに出でていく。
He quietly tosses his backpack into the entryway and goes outside without his mother seeing him.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
下校時げこうじに、ランドセルが重おもくて大変たいへんだった。
My school backpack was so heavy on the way home that it was a struggle.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source
娘むすめは赤あかいランドセルを背負せおって学校がっこうへ行いった。
My daughter went to school wearing her red school backpack.
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