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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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Words with 磨
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —研磨面polished surface; ground surface
- —研磨剤abrasive compound; abrading agent; abradant; polishing agent
- —再研磨repolishing; resharpening
- —切磋琢磨diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
- —百戦錬磨veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
- —磨製石器ground stone tool; polished stone tool
- —化学研磨chemical polishing
- —千古不磨permanence; immortality; eternity
- —千載不磨still remaining after a thousand years; immortal
- —阿毘達磨abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras
- —電解研磨electrolytic polishing; electro-polishing; electrolytic grinding; electrolytic machining
- —磨穿鉄硯showing unyielding diligence in one's studies; wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying
- —バフ研磨buffing
- —研磨仕上げpolishing; polished finish; burnished finish
- —羯磨曼荼羅karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity
- —不磨の大典immutable law (esp. the Meiji constitution); indestructible canon
- —阿毘達磨倶舍論Abhidharma Storehouse Treatise
- —磨滅defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve
- —磨耗wear; abrasion
- —錬磨training; practice; drilling; cultivation; improvement