Illustration: At a Japanese primary school craft table, a child holds a freshly sharpened pencil sideways at eye level, admiring its unusually fine tip. The exposed wood tapers cleanly into a slender graphite point.

とがる

togaru

to become pointed, to be sharp

It is also read とんがる in casual speech. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれの鉛筆えんぴつは先さきがとがっている。
His pencil has a sharp point.
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この棒ぼうは先さきがとがっている。
This pole is sharp at the end.
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彼かれは不服ふふくそうに口くちをとがらせた。
He pouted with dissatisfaction.
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