See also: 磨ぐ

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
みが
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "磨く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
磨く がく [mìgákú]
Imperative (命令形) 磨け がけ [mìgáké]
Key constructions
Passive 磨かれる がかれる [mìgákárérú]
Causative 磨かせる がかせる [mìgákásérú]
Potential 磨ける がける [mìgákérú]
Volitional 磨こう がこ [mìgákóꜜò]
Negative 磨かない がかない [mìgákánáí]
Negative perfective 磨かなかった がかなかった [mìgákánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 磨きます がきま [mìgákímáꜜsù]
Perfective 磨いた がいた [mìgáítá]
Conjunctive 磨いて がいて [mìgáíté]
Hypothetical conditional 磨けば がけ [mìgákéꜜbà]

Verb edit

(みが) (migakutransitive godan (stem (みが) (migaki), past (みが)いた (migaita))

  1. to polish, to brush
    (あさ)(はん)のあとで、()(みが)きます
    Asagohan no ato de, ha o migakimasu.
    After breakfast I brush my teeth.
  2. to improve, to refine (a skill)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN