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練
Practice, Train, Refine
ね.る
JLPT N2
Interesting Fact
The word 練習 (renshū, practice) is one of the first words Japanese learners hear. In Japan, musicians, athletes, and students all emphasize daily 練習 as the key to improvement.
Memory Trick
Imagine a blacksmith heating and folding steel over and over to make a perfect sword. Repeated refining helps you remember 練 means 'to practice' or 'to refine.'
Readings
Onyomi: レン (ren)
Kunyomi: ね.る
Example Words
練習
れんしゅう (renshuu)
Practice
訓練
くんれん (kunren)
Training
熟練
じゅくれん (jukuren)
Skillful, Experienced
練る
ねる (neru)
To knead, To polish an idea
Example Sentence
毎日 日本語 を 練習しています。
まいにち にほんご を れんしゅうしています。
mainichi nihongo o renshuu shiteimasu
I practice Japanese every day.