Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)
1. to sharpen; to hone; to whet; to grind
2. to wash (rice)
esp. 磨ぐ
3. to scour; to polish; to burnish
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to sharpen one's fangs
to sharpen one's claws
Examples (1 in total)
He was sharpening a knife.