Nihoner

磨とげ

とげ · toge

JLPT N1 verb 仮定形

is the conditional 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 磨げ

Conditional stem (). Add ば to say “if”: 書け → 書けば (if you write).

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

Other forms and spellings

磨ぎゃ磨がう磨ご磨ごう磨ごっ磨ごふ磨が磨ぐ磨い磨ぎ磨きゃ磨こ磨こう磨こっ磨こふ磨か
conditional stem of 磨ぐ