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磨 kanji
grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Secondary school
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Kun readings
みがくする
Words with 磨
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —研磨Populargrinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself
- —琢磨Popularpolish (jewels); cultivation
- —不磨permanence; immortality
- —磨損wear and tear; abrasion; friction loss
- —練磨training; practice; drilling; cultivation; improvement
- —磨淬polishing one's sword; improving one's talents or knowledge
- —消磨abrasion; wearing out
- —磨面polished surface; facet
- —磨砕grinding; trituration
- —磨製made by grinding stone
- —羯磨karma
- —鈍磨becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.); becoming blunt
- —磨研紙emery paper
- —研磨材abrasives
- —研磨紙sandpaper
- —研磨機grinder; grinding machine; polisher
- —磨羯宮Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign); the Goat
- —歯磨剤dentifrice; toothpaste; toothpowder
- —須磨琴single-stringed Japanese zither
- —磨崖仏Buddha figure carved on a rock face