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Meanings

grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)

Features

Usage information

  • Frequency rank : 1608
  • Grade : jouyou
  • JLPT level : 2

Encodings

  • Unicode : 78e8
  • JIS 208 : 43-65

Coding

  • SKIP code : 3-3-13
  • S&H descriptor : 3q13.3
  • Four Corner code : 0026.1
  • De Roo's code : 577

Dictionary entries

Classic Nelson < 5393 >
New Nelson < 4045 >
Halpern < 3181 >
Halpern Kodansha < 2033 >
Heisig < 594 >
Gakken < 1376 >
O'Neill Names < 2596 >
O'Neill Kanji < 1985 >
Morohashi < 24449P >
Henshall < 1831 >
Kanji & Kana < 1531 >
Hodges & Okazaki < 768 >
Tuttle < 1840 >
Kanji in Context < 1731 >
Kodansha Compact < 1410 >
Maniette < 601 >

Related words

  • 磨き - みがき - polish; improvement; burnishing; ...
  • 琢磨 - たくま - polish (jewels); cultivation; ...
  • 歯磨き - はみがき - dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; ...
  • 磨く - みがく - to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); ...
  • 切磋琢磨 - せっさたくま - cultivate one's character by studying hard; diligent application; ...
  • 研磨 - けんま - grinding; polishing; studying; ...
  • 達磨 - だるま - daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with an blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; ...
  • 百戦錬磨 - ひゃくせんれんま - veteran; (someone) schooled by adversity in many battles; (someone) rich in life's experience gained through much adversity; ...
  • 千載不磨 - せんざいふま - still remaining after a thousand years; immortal; ...
  • 達磨宗 - だるましゅう - Zen (Buddhism); ...
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