単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#6,717 most used

研ぐ

とぐ1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

to sharpen

ITS KANJI

研sharpenread と here5 words ›

IN A SENTENCE

A cat was sharpening its claws against a post.

from Tatoeba · Sim5634

IN OTHER SENTENCES

He was sharpening a knife.

from Tatoeba

MEANINGS

1

to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

2

to wash (rice)

godan verb · transitive

3

to scour; to polish; to burnish

godan verb · transitive

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#6,717 most used

Written研ぐ、磨ぐ、砥ぐ

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium