

Meanings
- 1(wooden) pencilnoun
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In a sentence
Have you got a pencil?
How it works
The object noun 鉛筆 (pencil) sits up front with its particle dropped — common in casual speech. The verb 持つ (hold, have) takes the te-form plus いる (be), contracted to 持ってる (have got), which describes an ongoing state of having. Said with rising intonation, it's a relaxed question: "Got a pencil?"