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摩 kanji
chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
マ
Kun readings
まするさするする
Variant forms
擵Words with 摩
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2摩擦Popularfriction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife; conflict
- —あん摩Popularmassage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; massager; blind person
- —摩天楼Popularskyscraper
- —薩摩芋Popularsweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- —護摩homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
- —削摩denudation; ablation; scraping; wearing down
- —摩滅defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
- —摩耗wear; abrasion
- —減摩reduction in friction; lubrication
- —摩多vowel (in the Siddham script)
- —摩訶greatness; enormity; superiority; maha
- —薩摩Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- —摩尼jewel; pearl; gemstone; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
- —志摩Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
- —揣摩conjecture; guess; surmise; speculation
- —薩摩焼Satsuma porcelain
- —摩擦音fricative; fricative consonant
- —摩利支Marici
- —摩擦熱frictional heat
- —按摩膏massaging plaster