Japanese Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">ロケット</span><span class="searchmatch">鉛筆</span> Wikipedia ja <span class="searchmatch">ロケット</span> (roketto, “rocket”) + <span class="searchmatch">鉛筆</span> (enpitsu, “pencil”). Likely named such due to the resemblance...
pencil (graphite writing-instrument) <span class="searchmatch">鉛筆</span>画(えんぴつが) (enpitsuga) <span class="searchmatch">鉛筆</span>削(えんぴつけず)り (enpitsu-kezuri) 色鉛筆(いろえんぴつ) (iro-enpitsu) <span class="searchmatch">ロケット</span><span class="searchmatch">鉛筆</span>(えんぴつ) (roketto enpitsu) → Amis:...