Kanji details for

 
Uses 16 strokes
Taught in Junior high

Search words that:
- start with 磨
- end with 磨
- contain 磨
grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
KUN:
  • みが.く
    miga.ku
  • す.る
    su.ru
ON:
  • ma
Nanori:
  • おさむ
    osamu
Written with 16 strokes
Taught in Junior high
Radicals:
广
Example words(showing 1-10 of 96 results)

Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to polish, to shine, to brush (e.g. teeth), to grind (e.g. lens)
2.
to refine (e.g. a skill), to improve, to cultivate
Other readings:
研く【みがく】
琢く【みがく】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
dental brushing, brushing one's teeth
noun
2.
dentifrice, toothpaste, tooth powder
Other readings:
歯磨【はみがき】

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind
2.
to wash (rice)(esp. 磨ぐ)
3.
to scour, to polish, to burnish
All readings:
研ぐ【とぐ】
磨ぐ【とぐ】
砥ぐ【とぐ】

noun
polish, improvement, burnishing
Other readings:
研き【みがき】

noun, auxillary suru verb
polish (jewels), cultivation

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass)
2.
to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
All readings:
擦る【する】
摩る【する】
磨る【する】
擂る【する】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
grinding, polishing
2.
refining (skill, knowledge, etc.), striving to master something
Other readings:
研摩【けんま】

noun
1.
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(usually kana)
2.
Bodhidharma(usually kana)
3.
prostitute
Other readings:
ダルマ

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
diligent application (to work or study), cultivating one's character by studying hard(yojijukugo)
2.
mutual encouragement (to improve), working hard together, friendly rivalry(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
切瑳琢磨【せっさたくま】

noun
snowman
All readings:
雪だるま【ゆきだるま】
雪ダルマ【ゆきダルマ】
雪達磨【ゆきだるま】
ユキダルマ
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