試し練れん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

test; trial; ordeal

A difficult experience that tests one's strength, faith, or character; often used in serious or spiritual contexts.

〈人ひと〉に試し練れんを与あたえるto put someone through a trial
神かみは彼かれに大おおきな試し練れんを与あたえた。
God put him through a great trial.
試し練れんに耐たえるto endure a trial
彼かの女じょはどんな試し練れんにも耐たえてきた。
She has endured every trial that came her way.
試し練れんを乗のり越こえるto overcome a trial
私わたしたちはこの試し練れんを乗のり越こえなければならない。
We have to overcome this trial.
試し練れんに立たち向むかうto face up to a trial
彼かれは困こん難なんな試し練れんに立たち向むかった。
He faced up to a difficult trial.

困こん難なんN3
困難 refers to difficulty or hardship in general, while 試練 implies a purposeful trial that tests one's character or faith.
試し験けんN4
試験 is a concrete test or exam, while 試練 is an abstract, often spiritual or emotional ordeal.
苦く難なん
苦難 emphasizes the suffering and hardship itself, while 試練 frames the hardship as something that tests or strengthens a person.
逆ぎゃっ境きょうN1
逆境 describes an adverse situation or circumstance one is in, whereas 試練 focuses on the testing experience itself.

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洗せん礼れい
試練 means a trial or ordeal in general, while 洗礼 in this sense specifically frames a first hard experience as a kind of baptism.
受じゅ難なん
試練 frames hardship as a test that reveals or builds character, whereas 受難 emphasizes the suffering itself without that testing nuance.
荒あら波なみ
試練 focuses on a trial or test that builds character, whereas 荒波 evokes the relentless, buffeting nature of life's troubles.

試し金きん石せき
試練 means a trial or ordeal one must endure, whereas 試金石 is a criterion or occasion that reveals true quality, not necessarily painful.

試し練れんUsage99%
Standard modern spelling; used in news and everyday writing.
試し錬れんUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 錬 is not a standard Jōyō kanji for this word.
試し煉れんUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 煉 is not a standard Jōyō kanji for this word.

Compound of 試 (test) and 練 (train, refine). The spelling 試練 is now standard; older forms 試煉 and 試錬 are rare.