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  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

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

    弟は銀の食器類を磨いた。
    My brother polished the silver.
  2. to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone; to polish (up); to cultivate (one's character)

Also written 研く【みがく】琢く【みがく】

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磨きみがき

Nounpolish; burnishing · improvement; becoming more skilled

Common
磨石とぎいし

Nounwhetstone; grindstone

磨損まそん

Noun, Suru verbwear and tear; abrasion; friction loss

磨淬まさい

Nounpolishing one's sword; improving one's talents or knowledge

磨面まめん

Nounpolished surface; facet

磨砕まさい

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbgrinding; trituration

磨製ませい

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'made by grinding stone

磨き砂みがきずな

Nounpolishing sand

磨き紙みがきがみ

Nounemery paper

磨き粉みがきこ

Nounpolishing powder

磨研紙まけんし

Nounemery paper

磨羯宮まかつきゅう

NounCapricorn (10th zodiacal sign); the Goat

磨崖仏まがいぶつ

NounBuddha figure carved on a rock face

磨き液みがきえき

Nounpolish; cleaner; polishing liquid

磨き布みがきぬの

Nounpolishing cloth

磨り砕くすりくだく

Godan verb with 'ku' endingto rub to pieces; to grind into powder

磨り出すすりだす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto polish

磨り消すすりけす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto erase; to efface; to rub out

磨り崩すすりくずす

Godan verb with 'su' endingto rub to pieces

磨製石器ませいせっき

Nounground stone tool; polished stone tool

磨り減るすりへる

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto be worn down; to wear away; to wear out · to dwindle; to be reduced

磨き込むみがきこむ

Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verbto polish; to rub up

磨り出しすりだし

Nounpolishing; polished item · match (for lighting a fire)

磨穿鉄硯ませんてっけん

Nounshowing unyielding diligence in one's studies; wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying

磨き上げるみがきあげる

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto polish up; to shine up

磨りガラスすりガラス

Nounground glass; frosted glass

磨き立てるみがきたてる

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto polish (up); to dress up

磨きガラスみがきガラス

Nounpolished plate glass

磨きをかけるみがきをかける

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to round out · to polish (by rubbing)

磨きがかかるみがきがかかる

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' endingto become improved; to become polished

擦るする

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto 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)

Common
研ぐとぐ

Godan verb with 'gu' ending, Transitive verbto sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind · to wash (rice) · to scour; to polish; to burnish

CommonN1
摩滅まめつ

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdefacement; abrasion; wear and tear; crushing of a nerve

摩耗まもう

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbwear; abrasion

とぎ汁とぎしる

Nounwater that has been used to wash rice

擦れるすれる

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto rub; to chafe · to wear out; to become worn · to lose one's innocence; to become sly

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すり潰すすりつぶす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto mash; to grind; to pulverize; to pulverise; to deface · to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose

擂り胡麻すりごま

Nounground toasted sesame seeds; ground sesame

すり減らすすりへらす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto wear away; to rub down; to abrade

摺り下ろすすりおろす

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto grate