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grind

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Readings

On readingマ

Kun readingみが.く、す.る

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

grindRtK
彼は歯磨きをチューブから絞り出した。He squeezed the toothpaste out of a tube.tatoeba
彼は私の靴をきれいに磨いてくれた。He gave a good shine to my shoes.tatoeba
polish
彼の助手は彼の靴を磨いた。His assistant polished his shoes.tatoeba
幕府所蔵の鉄砲の全てを磨くことを役職とした。The duty was to polish all the guns in possession of bakufu.wiki
scour
improve
brush (teeth)

to polish
to shine
to burnish
to scour
to scrub

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical石stone

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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hemp · cave · grove (林) · tree (木) · wood (木) · stone (石) · rock (石)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 638

Compound words

磨くみがく

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to scour; to scrub

播磨はりま

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

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; Bodhidharma; prostitute

研磨けんま

grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself

磨きみがき

polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled

琢磨たくま

polish (jewels); cultivation

歯磨きはみがき

dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder

polishing one's sword

Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign)

球磨焼酎くまじょうちゅう

Kumamoto rice shōchū

切瑳琢磨せっさたくま

diligent application (to work or study)

切磋琢磨せっさたくま

diligent application (to work or study)

磨穿鉄硯ませんてっけん

showing unyielding diligence in one's studies

磨き上げるみがきあげる

to polish up

羯磨曼荼羅かつままんだら

karma mandala (in Shingon)

阿毘達磨倶舍論あびだつまくしゃろん

Abhidharma Storehouse Treatise

Additional Examples

彼は英語に磨きをかけるため、昨年アメリカへ行った。

He went to America last year to brush up his English.tatoeba

幼少の頃より紙切りに興味を持ち、以来、独学で紙切りの芸を磨く。

He became interested in kamikiri during his childhood, and thereafter he polished up his skills of kamikiri by himself.wiki

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