Illustration: At a kitchen counter in a compact Japanese apartment, someone stretches a rubber band between two fingers while slipping it around a bundle of wooden chopsticks. One part of the loop already hugs the bundle, while the remaining part is pulled taut, making its elasticity easy to see.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

輪わゴム

wagomu

rubber band

Example sentences

  1. 輪わゴムならたくさん持もってるわよ。

    I have lots of rubber bands.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 今朝けさこの輪わゴムをポケットに入いれたときには、これが役やくに立たつことになろうとは思おもってもみなかった。

    I never thought this rubber band would come in handy when I put it in my pocket this morning.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 開あけたお菓子かしの袋ふくろを輪わゴムで留とめた。

    I closed the open snack bag with a rubber band.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 輪

  • 輪wheel; ringOnリンKunわ

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