切磋琢磨

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 切磋琢磨.

Noun

切磋琢磨 (hiragana せっさたくま, romaji sessatakuma)

  1. applying oneself and studying hard to cultivate oneself
  2. Friendly competition, improving oneself by learning from others.

Verb

切磋琢磨 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana せっさたくまする, romaji sessatakuma suru)切磋琢磨する 切磋琢磨 suru

  1. apply oneself and study hard to improve oneself
  2. Try to improve by learning from others, apply oneself to closely to someone.

Conjugation

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