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    3. 琢磨

    琢磨

    琢たく磨ま

    polish (jewels)

    KMT9News #23+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab27 strokes

    たくま

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    polish (jewels), cultivation

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    彼かれは技ぎ術じゅつを琢たく磨ましている。

    He is cultivating his skills.

    KMT7Daily LifeWork & Career
    互たがいに切せっ磋さ琢たく磨まし、より高たかみを目め指ざしましょう。

    Let's work hard together and aim for even greater heights.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    彼かれは長なが年ねんの修しゅ行ぎょうを通つうじて、その芸げいをさらに琢よりた磨くました。

    Through many years of training, he further refined his art.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsWork & Career
    職しょく人にんは、毎まい日にち同おなじ作さ業ぎょうを繰くり返かえすことで、技ぎ術じゅつを琢たく磨まする。

    Artisans refine their skills by repeating the same work every day.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsWork & Career
    学がく生せいたちは、議ぎ論ろんを通つうじて思し考こう力りょくを琢たく磨まする。

    Students cultivate their thinking skills through discussion.

    KMT9EducationDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    琢
    みが.く…(3)
    polish
    磨
    みが.く・す.る…(2)
    grind・polish・scour・improve・brush (teeth)
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