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段ボール

Readings

Kana: だんボール、ダンボール
Romaji: danbo-ru, danbo-ru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

(corrugated) cardboard

Kanji

Readings: ダン、 タン
Meanings: grade, steps, stairs

Example Sentences

東京(とうきょう)では、(だん)ボールが(いえ)という(ひと)もいる。
➥For some people, home is a cardboard carton in Tokyo.
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学校(がっこう)(いち)()()ると、()(いえ)のない人々(ひとびと)(だん)ボール(ばこ)(いえ)()わりにして生活(せいかつ)している様子(ようす)()にはいった。
➥Outside the school, she saw people with no homes living in cardboard boxes.
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