煉れん瓦が

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

brick

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the building material; commonly used in compounds like 煉瓦造り (brick construction) or 煉瓦色 (brick red).

この建たて物ものはレンガでできている。
This building is made of brick.
庭にわにレンガを敷しいて小こ道みちを作つくった。
I laid bricks in the garden to make a path.

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Usage patterns

煉れん瓦がを積つむto stack/lay bricks
職しょく人にんたちが壁かべのために煉れん瓦がを積つんでいた。
The workers were laying bricks for the wall.
煉れん瓦が造づくりの〈物もの〉a brick-built (building, house, etc.)
この町まちには煉れん瓦が造づくりの古ふるい倉そう庫こが多おおい。
There are many old brick warehouses in this town.
煉れん瓦がの壁かべa brick wall
カフェの店てん内ないは煉れん瓦がの壁かべでおしゃれな雰ふん囲い気きだった。
The inside of the café had a stylish atmosphere thanks to the brick wall.
煉れん瓦が色いろの〈物もの〉brick-red (colored) ~
彼かの女じょは煉れん瓦が色いろのセーターを着きていた。
She was wearing a brick-red sweater.

Kanji

煉refine metals, kneading over fire
瓦tile, gram

Don't confuse with

ブロック
煉瓦 is a clay brick used in traditional masonry, while ブロック usually refers to a larger, molded concrete block used in modern construction.
タイルN1
煉瓦 is a thick, structural building block, whereas タイル is a thin covering piece used to finish floors or walls.
瓦かわらN2
瓦 is a fired-clay tile used to cover a roof, while 煉瓦 is a fired-clay brick used to build walls.

Counted with

個こN5
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years

Word family

木もく煉れん瓦が
wooden block; wooden brick
赤あか煉れん瓦が
red brick
化け粧しょう煉れん瓦が
ornamental tile; facing brick
耐たい火か煉れん瓦が
firebrick
舗ほ装そう煉れん瓦が
paving brick
シャモット煉れん瓦が
chamotte brick; fireclay brick

Written forms

煉れん瓦がUsage38%
Standard kanji spelling, though the word is usually written in kana.
レンガUsage54%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is very common and often preferred in everyday writing.
れんがUsage8%
Hiragana spelling is also used, though katakana is more typical for this word.

Etymology

The kanji 煉瓦 are ateji (phonetic equivalents) for the word れんが, which is believed to have been borrowed from Portuguese 'lenga' or Dutch 'klinkaerd', though the exact derivation is uncertain.