Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
to rub; to chafe
to wear out; to become worn
to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to pulverise; to deface
to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin)
to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)
to grate
pestle
Food, cooking
surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste
Idiomatic expression
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; to grind sesame seeds
sycophancy; toadying; apple-polishing; brown-nosing; sycophant; flatterer; toady; apple-polisher; brown-noser; ass-kisser
sesame seed grinding
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