Kanji1 / 15
摩 kanji
chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
マ
Kun readings
まするさするする
Variant forms
擵Words with 摩
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —摩損wear and tear; abrasion; friction loss
- —研摩grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself
- —摩羅Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
- —摩砕grinding; trituration
- —羯摩karma
- —断末摩one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
- —按摩師masseuse; masseur
- —三摩耶time; meeting; coming together; equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)
- —薩摩汁miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder
- —摩崖仏Buddha figure carved on a rock face
- —焔摩天Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)
- —按摩機massage machine
- —誤摩化すto deceive; to cheat; to swindle; to falsify; to misrepresent; to lie about; to tamper with; to fiddle; to doctor; to cook; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge; to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to smooth over; to get one's way out of (a difficult situation); to explain away; to embezzle; to pocket
- —薩摩揚げsatsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
- —揣摩憶測conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground
- —あん摩師masseuse; masseur
- —三摩耶形object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life
- —三摩耶戒precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)
- —電気按摩pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet (usu. as a prank); electric massage
- —阿摩彌姑Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)