練

practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

レン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ね.りね.る

Nanori (名乗り)

ねり

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:14

JLPT:N2

Frequency:788

Vocabulary

レン

Word	Reading	Meaning
訓練	クンレン	training; drill; practice; discipline
試練	シレン	test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
熟練	ジュクレン	skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
洗練	センレン	refinement; polish
未練	ミレン	lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
練る	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
練り	ねり	kneading; gloss; tempering; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
手練手管	てれんてくだ	wiles; art of coaxing
練り上げる	ねりあげる	to knead well; to polish; to refine
練り製品	ねりせいひん	boiled fish-paste products

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