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鍛える · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	鍛きたえる	鍛きたえない
Polite	鍛きたえます	鍛きたえません
Past polite	鍛きたえました	鍛きたえませんでした
Past	鍛きたえた	鍛きたえなかった
Te-form	鍛きたえて	鍛きたえないで
Desire	鍛きたえたい	鍛きたえたくない
Potential	鍛きたえられるalso 鍛きたえれる	鍛きたえられないalso 鍛きたえれない
Passive	鍛きたえられる	鍛きたえられない
Causative	鍛きたえさせる	鍛きたえさせない
Causative passive	鍛きたえさせられる	鍛きたえさせられない
Volitional	鍛きたえよう
Polite volitional	鍛きたえましょう
Imperative	鍛きたえろ	鍛きたえるな
Conditional	鍛きたえれば	鍛きたえなければ
Tara conditional	鍛きたえたら	鍛きたえなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

forge; temper

Literal craft or metalworking use: to heat, hammer, and strengthen metal, especially steel or a blade.

職しょく人にんが鋼はがねを鍛きたえて刀かたなを作つくる。
The craftsman forges steel to make a sword.
よく鍛きたえた刃はは折おれにくい。
A well-tempered blade is hard to break.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

train; drill; discipline

Common figurative use for making the body, mind, skills, or a person stronger through repeated training or strict practice.

毎まい朝あさ走はしって体からだを鍛きたえている。
I run every morning to train my body.
厳きびしい練れん習しゅうが若わかい選せん手しゅを鍛きたえる。
Hard practice trains young athletes.
失しっ敗ぱいを通とおして精せい神しんを鍛きたえた。
I disciplined my mind through failure.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を鍛きたえるto forge/temper a metal object
刀かたな職しょく人にんが刀かたなを熱ねっして鍛きたえる。
The swordsmith heats the blade and forges it.
体からだを鍛きたえるto train/toughen one's body
毎まい朝あさ走はしって体からだを鍛きたえている。
I go running every morning to train my body.
精せい神しんを鍛きたえるto train/toughen one's mind or spirit
厳きびしい練れん習しゅうを通とおして精せい神しんを鍛きたえる。
Through tough practice, he strengthens his mental toughness.
〈人ひと〉に鍛きたえられるto be trained/toughened by someone
彼かれは厳きびしいコーチに鍛きたえられた。
He was toughened up by a strict coach.

Expressions

鉄てつは熱あついうちに鍛きたえよstrike while the iron is hot

Kanji

鍛forge, discipline, train

Related words· 6

訓くん練れんN3sense 2
訓練する focuses on organized, systematic drills or training programs, while 鍛える stresses making something (body, mind, skill) stronger and tougher through repeated hard practice.
磨みがくN5sense 2
磨く means to polish or refine an existing skill to make it sharper, whereas 鍛える means to build up strength or toughness through rigorous, often physical, training.
育そだてるN4sense 2
育てる is the broad word for raising or developing a person or thing over time, while 鍛える is narrower, implying strict, repeated training to build strength or discipline.
練ねるN1
鍛える stresses forging metal or strengthening the body/mind through hard training, while 練る (training sense) emphasizes refining skill through repeated practice.

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もむN2
揉む suggests tough, repetitive drilling of a person (often with a scolding edge), while 鍛える is the general word for training or forging someone's skill or body.
絞しぼるN3
鍛える is the general verb for training or forging skill through practice, while 絞る in this sense implies especially harsh, wringing-out-style drilling.

Word family

鍛きたえ
forging; tempering · drilling; training; disciplining
鍛きたえ上あげる
temper thoroughly; forge to perfection · train thoroughly; drill intensively; hone
鍛きたえ抜ぬく
train thoroughly; forge to perfection

Written forms

鍛きたえるUsage93%
Standard common kanji spelling for both physical forging and figurative training.
きたえるUsage7%

Etymology

The spelling uses 鍛, a kanji conventionally associated with forging and tempering metal. The training sense is a natural figurative extension from making metal stronger to making a body, skill, or person stronger.