錬
drill, polish, refine, tempering, train
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
16 / 16
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:16
JLPT:1
Frequency:2221
Vocabulary
レン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 試錬 | シレン | test; trial; ordeal; tribulation |
| 洗錬 | センレン | refinement; polish |
| 精錬 | セイレン | refining; refinement; smelting; training |
| 鍛錬 | タンレン | tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training |
| 錬金術 | レンキンジュツ | alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 錬る | ねる | to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out; to train; to drill; to exercise; to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum; to tan (leather); to temper (steel); to walk in procession; to parade; to march |
| 錬り | ねり | kneading; gloss; tempering; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals |
| 錬り上げる | ねりあげる | to knead well; to polish; to refine |
| 精錬所 | せいれんじょ | refinery; smelting works |
| 朝錬 | あされん | morning training (e.g. before school) |
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