冶や

noun

melting; smelting

Rare standalone noun for melting or smelting metal; mostly seen in technical or classical contexts, often in compounds like 冶金 (やきん, metallurgy).

• 「冶や」という字じは金きん属ぞくを溶とかすことを意い味みする。

  The character 冶 means melting metal.

• 冶や金きん学がくは金きん属ぞくの精せい錬れんを扱あつかう分ぶん野やだ。

  Metallurgy is a field dealing with the smelting of metals.