磨

Meaning

磨 centers on rubbing a surface to change it: grinding, polishing, scouring, or brushing to make something smooth, clean, or better. The idea of improving through effort extends naturally to refining skills or character.

• 磨くみがく
  N5

  to polish; to shine; to burnish; to scour; to scrub; to brush (teeth); to grind (e.g. a lens)

• 磨きみがき

  polish; burnishing

• 歯磨きはみがき
  N2

  dental brushing; brushing one's teeth

• 達磨だるま

  daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted

• 研磨けんま

  grinding; polishing

• 琢磨たくま

  polish (jewels); cultivation

• 歯磨き粉はみがきこ

  tooth powder; toothpaste

• 播磨はりま

  Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

• 切磋琢磨せっさたくま

  diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard

• 百戦錬磨ひゃくせんれんま

  veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced

• 磨り減るすりへる

  to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out

• 練磨れんま

  training; practice; drilling; cultivation; improvement

• 腕を磨くうでをみがく
  N2

  to polish one's skills

• バフ研磨バフけんま

  buffing

• 不磨ふま

  permanence; immortality

• 不磨の大典ふまのたいてん

  immutable law (esp. the Meiji constitution); indestructible canon

• 再研磨さいけんま

  repolishing; resharpening

• 化学研磨かがくけんま

  chemical polishing

• 千古不磨せんこふま

  permanence; immortality; eternity

• 千載不磨せんざいふま

  still remaining after a thousand years; immortal

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