磨

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

to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone; to polish (up); to cultivate (one's character)

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

polish; burnishing

improvement; becoming more skilled

to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind

Esp. 磨ぐ

to wash (rice)

to scour; to polish; to burnish

to polish up; to shine up

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

dental brushing; brushing one's teeth

dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder

wear; abrasion

grinding; polishing

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

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

polish (jewels); cultivation

permanence; immortality

training; practice; drilling; cultivation; improvement

shoeshine; shoe polishing

becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.); becoming blunt

defacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve

abrasive compound; abrading agent; abradant; polishing agent

water that has been used to wash rice

made by grinding stone

abrasion; wearing out

grinder; grinding machine; polisher

polishing powder

whetstone; grindstone

abrasives