JLPT N5 · Verb

磨く (migaku)

磨く (みがく, migaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to polish; to shine”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: みがく
Romaji: migaku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to scour; to scrub · godan verb, transitive
to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone; to polish (up); to cultivate (one's character) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

弟は銀の食器類を磨いた。

My brother polished the silver.

Tatoeba #125434

学生は読書の技能を磨くべきだ。

Students should develop their reading skills.

Tatoeba #184229

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 磨く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	磨く	みがく migaku
Polite (~masu)	磨きます	みがきます migakimasu
Negative	磨かない	みがかない migakanai
Polite negative	磨きません	みがきません migakimasen
Past	磨いた	みがいた migaita
Polite past	磨きました	みがきました migakimashita
Negative past	磨かなかった	みがかなかった migakanakatta
Te-form	磨いて	みがいて migaite
Potential	磨ける	みがける migakeru
Passive	磨かれる	みがかれる migakareru
Causative	磨かせる	みがかせる migakaseru
Volitional	磨こう	みがこう migakou
Imperative	磨け	みがけ migake
Conditional (~ba)	磨けば	みがけば migakeba

Kanji in 磨く

磨

grind, polish, scourマ・みが.く・す.る · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 磨く.

歯磨きはみがきdental brushing

Source: JMdict entry 1523940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.