磨く

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See also: 磨ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
磨
みが
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • 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 みがく
Imperative (命令形) 磨け みがけ
Key constructions
Passive 磨かれる みがかれる
Causative 磨かせる みがかせる
Potential 磨ける みがける
Volitional 磨こう みがこ​ー
Negative 磨かない みがかない
Negative perfective 磨かなかった みがかな​かった
Formal 磨きます みがきま​す
Perfective 磨いた みがいた
Conjunctive 磨いて みがいて
Hypothetical conditional 磨けば みがけ​ば

Verb

磨(みが)く • (migaku) transitive godan (stem 磨(みが)き (migaki), past 磨(みが)いた (migaita))

  1. to polish, to brush
    朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)のあとで、歯(は)を磨(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

Conjugation of "磨く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 磨か みがか migaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 磨き みがき migaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 磨く みがく migaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 磨く みがく migaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 磨け みがけ migake
Meireikei ("imperative") 磨け みがけ migake
Key constructions
Passive 磨かれる みがかれる migakareru
Causative 磨かせる
磨かす 		みがかせる
みがかす 		migakaseru
migakasu
Potential 磨ける みがける migakeru
Volitional 磨こう みがこう migakō
Negative 磨かない みがかない migakanai
Negative continuative 磨かず みがかず migakazu
Formal 磨きます みがきます migakimasu
Perfective 磨いた みがいた migaita
Conjunctive 磨いて みがいて migaite
Hypothetical conditional 磨けば みがけば migakeba
Classical conjugation of "磨く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 磨か みがか migaka
Continuative (連用形) 磨き みがき migaki
Terminal (終止形) 磨く みがく migaku
Attributive (連体形) 磨く みがく migaku
Realis (已然形) 磨け みがけ migake
Imperative (命令形) 磨け みがけ migake
Key constructions
Negative 磨かず みがかず migakazu
Contrasting conjunction 磨けど みがけど migakedo
Causal conjunction 磨けば みがけば migakeba
Conditional conjunction 磨かば みがかば migakaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 磨きき みがきき migakiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 磨きけり みがきけり migakikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 磨きつ みがきつ migakitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 磨きぬ みがきぬ migakinu
Perfect-continuative tense 磨けり
磨きたり		 みがけり
みがきたり		 migakeri
migakitari
Volitional 磨かむ みがかむ migakamu

References

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