Illustration: At a Japanese elementary school desk, a child lifts the top page of an open notebook and slides a thin rectangular plastic writing board underneath it. The board's upper corner remains exposed, making its position between the working sheet and the pages below unmistakable.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

下した敷じき

shitajiki

writing board, underlay

Example sentences

  1. キティちゃんの下敷したじきが欲ほしい。

    I want a Hello Kitty pencil board.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. このほか、毛氈もうせんと呼よばれる下敷したじきも多用たようされる。

    Moreover, a felt mat called Mosen is heavily used.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 字じを書かく前まえに、ノートに下敷したじきを挟はさんだ。

    Before writing, I slipped a writing board into my notebook.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 下敷

  • 下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと
  • 敷spread; paveOnフKunしく

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