磨
brush (teeth), grind, improve, polish, scour
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Information
Grade:8
Strokes:16
JLPT:2
Frequency:1608
Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 琢磨 | タクマ | polish (jewels); cultivation |
| 研磨 | ケンマ | grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself |
| 百戦錬磨 | ヒャクセンレンマ | veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced |
| 磨耗 | マモウ | wear; abrasion |
| 不磨 | フマ | permanence; immortality |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磨く | みがく | to polish; to shine; to burnish; to scour; to scrub; to brush (teeth); to grind (e.g. a lens); to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone; to polish (up); to cultivate (one's character) |
| 磨る | する | to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling) |
| 磨ぐ | とぐ | to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish; to burnish |
| 歯磨き | はみがき | dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder |
| 磨き | みがき | polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled |
Visually Similar Kanji
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chafe, grind, polish, rub, scrape
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唇
lips
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弊
abuse, breakage, evil, vice
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暦
almanac, calendar
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俗
customs, manners, mundane things, vulgar, worldliness
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碁
Go
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