| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| 船の表面を 磨け | Jack! |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | bijschaven,opboenen, opwrijven, poleren, polijsten, politiseren, uitpoetsen | English | polish |
| Esperanto | poluri | Finnish | buunata, kiillottaa, lankata |
| French | astiquer, briquer, briqueter, dégrossir, gréser, polir | German | polieren |
| Greek | γυαλίζω, στιλβώνω, στλεγγίζω | Hawaiian | Pōlani |
| Hungarian | csiszol, fényez | Icelandic | fægja |
| Indonesian | memoles, menyemir | Italian | brillantare, lucidare, lustrare |
| Lithuanian | blizginti | Macedonian | полира |
| Norwegian | polere | Polish | glancować, glansować, polerować, wyfroterować, wyglansować, wypolerować |
| Portuguese | açacalar, polir | Russian | начистить, начищать, отполировать, полировать |
| Spanish | acicalar, bolear, embolar, esmerar, lustrar, polir, pulir | Swedish | finputsa, polera |
| Thai | เจียระไน | Turkish | cilâlamak, cilâlatmak |
| Vietnamese | đánh bóng |
