煉
煉

refine metals, kneading over fire

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試練しれん試煉試錬NounFreq #5337
1

test; trial; ordeal; tribulation

Examples
彼は厳しい試練を受けた。
He was subjected to severe trials.
練るねる煉る錬る邌るGodan verbFreq #5538
1

Transitive verb

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)

Examples
私の心と思いとを練り清めてください。
Try out my reins and my heart.
2

Transitive verb

to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out

Examples
タイムをとって作戦を練ろう。
Let's take time out to elaborate a strategy.
3

Transitive verb

to train; to drill; to exercise

4

Transitive verb

to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum

5

Transitive verb

to tan (leather)

6

Transitive verb

to temper (steel)

7

Intransitive verb

to walk in procession; to parade; to march

洗練せんれん洗煉洗錬NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #7846
1

refinement; polish

Examples
ああいう洗練された人々の中で、自分はまったく場違いな気がした。
I felt utterly out of place among those sophisticated people.
修練しゅうれん修錬修煉NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #13479
1

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

れんが煉瓦レンガNounUsually kanaFreq #19230
1

brick

Examples
あの家はレンガ造りだ。
That house is built of bricks.
煉獄れんごくNounFreq #22527
1

Christianity

purgatory

練り上げる練りあげる練上げる煉り上げる錬り上げるねりあげるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #22736
1

to knead well

2

to polish; to refine

精錬製錬せいれん精煉NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #38806
1

refining; refinement; smelting

2

精錬／精煉 only

training

レンガ造り煉瓦造りレンガづくり (レンガ造り)れんがづくり (煉瓦造り)NounFreq #40387
1

brickwork

Examples
その家は赤レンガづくりです。
The house is built of red bricks.
練りねり煉り錬りNounFreq #54844
1

Noun, used as a suffix

kneading; gloss; tempering

2

Noun or verb acting prenominally

paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste)

3

Shinto; Orig. 邌り, usu. お練り

parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals

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