- working hard; applying oneself; cultivating one's character (through hard work or study)see also
- polishing (stones)obsolete termorig. meaning
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Other forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- working hard; applying oneself; cultivating one's character (through hard work or study)
- polishing (stones)
This meaning refers to the dedication and effort one puts into personal development, skill enhancement, or scholarly pursuits.
This meaning refers to the literal act of refining or smoothing stones through physical effort, often used metaphorically to indicate improvement or refinement.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to polish and sharpen each other (to improve oneself through mutual effort)to strive or work hard togetherspirit of diligence and improvementto grow through hard work and mutual effortto engage in diligent study or learningresults of hard work and effortto repeat hard work or refinementcompanions who encourage mutual improvementto polish stones
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)