chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape
摩 centers on applying pressure and motion against a surface: rubbing, chafing, polishing, grinding, or scraping. All meanings share the idea of friction and wear.
摩 combines 麻 (hemp) and 手 (hand). The original idea is likely rubbing hemp fibers by hand to process them, extending to general rubbing, polishing, and friction.
Picture a hand (手) rubbing rough hemp (麻) fibers to soften them. The repeated friction represents chafing, polishing, grinding, or scraping.
For マ, imagine your mom (ママ) polishing a table with a cloth: mom -> マ, and her hand rubs the surface.
friction
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
wear; abrasion
skyscraper
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage)
profound mystery
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
Tama Art University
greatness; enormity; superiority; maha
licensed masseur; licensed masseuse
rubdown with a dry towel
Buddhist convent or monastery
rubdown with a wet towel; cold-water rubbing
denudation; ablation
kinetic friction
skin friction
National Institute for Leprosy Research
Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail (abbr)