磨

electrolytic polishing; electro-polishing; electrolytic grinding; electrolytic machining

buffing

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Abhidharma Storehouse Treatise

Organization name

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.; IHI

Proverb

grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush

happy events are often accompanied by difficulties; unsullied joy is rare

Historical term

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

Rare term

Zen (Buddhism)

Derogatory; Archaic

confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry

Obsolete term

toothbrush

Rare term

confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)

Rare term

to cultivate wisdom

Rare term

mouthwash