研とぐ

とぐ togu

to sharpen
to grind
to scour
to hone
to polish
to wash (rice)

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

磨；淘米

Examples

Furigana

彼かれはナイフを研といでいました。
He was sharpening a knife.
他正在磨刀。
Tatoeba #111443
猫ねこが柱はしらでつめを研といでいた。
A cat was sharpening its claws against a post.
猫在柱子上磨爪子。
Tatoeba #121991

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('c290d45d0e'); // 研ぐ

{
  "id": "c290d45d0e",
  "word": "研ぐ",
  "reading": "とぐ",
  "romaji": "togu",
  "meanings": [
    "to sharpen",
    "to grind",
    "to scour",
    "to hone",
    "to polish",
    "to wash (rice)"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5g",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1598700,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼はナイフを研いでいました。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はナイフを{研|と}いでいました。",
      "en": "He was sharpening a knife.",
      "tatoeba_id": 111443
    },
    {
      "ja": "猫が柱でつめを研いでいた。",
      "furigana": "{猫|ねこ}が{柱|はしら}でつめを{研|と}いでいた。",
      "en": "A cat was sharpening its claws against a post.",
      "tatoeba_id": 121991
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "771c5e1258c7c40121c601354ff7f17a45908749b7b5182a60444e34e38ed738",
    "meanings": [
      "磨",
      "淘米"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼はナイフを研いでいました。",
        "zh": "他正在磨刀。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "猫が柱でつめを研いでいた。",
        "zh": "猫在柱子上磨爪子。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/c290d45d0e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1598700; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "24861eb188e67390dee35640af6b83f62a3e4173d0692c04bf03326ac8885f91"
  }
}