Illustration: In a small neighborhood restaurant kitchen before opening, a cook draws a kitchen knife across a wet rectangular whetstone held securely on a low stand. Both hands control the blade at a shallow angle, and dark grinding slurry gathers along the stone.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

研とぐ

togu

to sharpen, to hone

米を研ぐ means to wash rice and is a separate sense. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 猫ねこが柱はしらでつめを研といでいた。

    A cat was sharpening its claws against a post.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれはナイフを研といでいました。

    He was sharpening a knife.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ブレードを研とぐ

    to sharpen a blade

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 研

  • 研polish; study ofOnケンKunとぐ

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