研ぐ
とぐ · togu
To sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind
- to wash (rice)
- to scour, to polish, to burnish
Other ways to say “to sharpen” in Japanese →
high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?
Say it out loud
Press the microphone and say 研ぐ (とぐ)
Your browser’s speech recognition checks whether it understood you (in Chrome, Google processes the audio). Nihoner doesn’t record anything.
Do you really know it?
Learn its family in 60 seconds
4 words that share a kanji with 研ぐ. Tap each card — then save only the ones that are new to you.
Your memory hook
Link the sound or the kanji to something you already know — a personal hook is one of the fastest ways to make a word stick. It’s saved to your free account with the word.
Kanji in this word
Can you write it? Draw kanji from memory →
Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 研ぎますとぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 研ぎませんとぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 研ぎましたとぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 研ぎませんでしたとぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 研ぎましょうとぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 研ぎとぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 研ぎたいとぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 研ぎながらとぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 研いでといで |
| Plain past (た形) | 研いだといだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 研いだらといだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 研いでいるといでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 研がないとがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 研がなかったとがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 研がなくてとがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 研げるとげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 研げばとげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 研げとげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 研ごうとごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 研がれるとがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 研がせるとがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 研がされるとがされる |
Practise every form in the Conjugation Dojo →
Words that share a kanji
Questions
What does 研ぐ mean?
To sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind. It can also mean: to wash (rice); to scour, to polish, to burnish.
How do you pronounce 研ぐ?
とぐ (togu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 研ぐ?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
How do I remember 研ぐ?
Say it out loud with an example sentence, test yourself above, then save it to your deck: Nihoner brings it back just before you would forget it (spaced repetition).
Save your words
Create a free account and they will be waiting in your review deck — Nihoner brings each one back right before you would forget it.
Free · no card · your words are kept