磨く

• 読み: みがく
• ローマ字: migaku
• 漢字の分解: 磨 (ma/miga) — to polish, to grind, to brush
• 発音: /mi.ɡa.kɯ/

意味

To polish; to brush (teeth); to shine; to scrub. Most commonly used for tooth-brushing in daily conversation.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the く ending (磨いて, 磨いた, 磨きます). While it covers polishing and shining broadly, the most frequent N5-level usage is 歯を磨く (to brush teeth). Also used figuratively: 腕を磨く (to polish one's skills).

例文

1. 寝る前に歯を磨きます。
2. 靴をきれいに磨いた。
3. 毎日三回歯を磨いています。

使い方ガイド

場面: hygiene, daily routine, housework

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 磨 combines 石 (stone) and 麻 (hemp), evoking the image of rubbing stone with hemp to polish it smooth. The meaning extended from physical polishing to any form of cleaning or refinement.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal