| 磨き | みがき | polish, improvement, burnishing |
| 琢磨 | たくま | polish (jewels), cultivation |
| 歯磨き | はみがき | dental brushing, brushing one's teeth; dentifrice, toothpaste, tooth powder |
| 切磋琢磨 | せっさたくま | cultivate one's character by studying hard, diligent application |
| 研磨 | けんま | grinding, polishing, studying |
| 達磨 | だるま | daruma (tumbling doll), Bodhidharma; prostitute |
| 百戦錬磨 | ひゃくせんれんま | veteran, (someone) schooled by adversity in many battles, (someone) rich in life's experience gained through much adversity |
| 磨く | みがく | to polish, to shine, to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine, to improve |
| 磨りガラス | すりガラス | ground glass |
| 磨る | する | to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass); to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.) |
