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Where does “ボールペン” come from?

ボールペン (Japanese) comes from English ball pen — A ballpoint pen.

ボールペン (Japanese): ballpoint pen

Definitions

  1. ballpoint pen

Ancestry of “ボールペン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishball penA ballpoint pen
Every word from English ball pen →