Nihoner

磨とい

とい · toi

JLPT N1 verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of 磨ぐ — to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind.

  • to wash (rice)
  • to scour, to polish, to burnish
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How it’s built

磨ぐ 磨い

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with い (sound change before て/た): 書い → 書いて.

磨ぐ is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

In real sentences

Please brush your teeth before coming.

Nihoner sentence bank

I brush my teeth as many as twice a day.

Nihoner sentence bank

Did you brush your teeth?

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Other forms and spellings

磨げ磨ぎゃ磨がう磨ご磨ごう磨ごっ磨ごふ磨が磨ぐ磨ぎ磨きゃ磨こ磨こう磨こっ磨こふ磨か
masu-stem of 磨ぐ