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とぐ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)
1. to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind
2. to wash (rice)
esp. 磨ぐ
3. to scour; to polish; to burnish
Alt. forms
研とぐ
61%
とぐ
29%
磨とぐ
5%
砥とぐ
3%
Pitch accent
と
ぐ
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Conjugations...Used in: 631
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to sharpen one's claws
to lie in wait; to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone; (lit.) to sharpen one's fangs
to sharpen one's claws
1 more...
Examples (2 in total)
He was sharpening a knife.
If you don't sharpen it, the blade soon goes dull.