鍛たん錬れん

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鍛錬する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	鍛たん錬れんする	鍛たん錬れんしない
Polite	鍛たん錬れんします	鍛たん錬れんしません
Past polite	鍛たん錬れんしました	鍛たん錬れんしませんでした
Past	鍛たん錬れんした	鍛たん錬れんしなかった
Te-form	鍛たん錬れんして	鍛たん錬れんしないで
Desire	鍛たん錬れんしたい	鍛たん錬れんしたくない
Potential	鍛たん錬れんできる	鍛たん錬れんできない
Passive	鍛たん錬れんされる	鍛たん錬れんされない
Causative	鍛たん錬れんさせる	鍛たん錬れんさせない
Causative passive	鍛たん錬れんさせられる	鍛たん錬れんさせられない
Volitional	鍛たん錬れんしよう
Polite volitional	鍛たん錬れんしましょう
Imperative	鍛たん錬れんしろ	鍛たん錬れんするな
Conditional	鍛たん錬れんすれば	鍛たん錬れんしなければ
Tara conditional	鍛たん錬れんしたら	鍛たん錬れんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

tempering; annealing; forging

Literal metalworking: heating and hammering metal to improve its properties. Often used in technical or traditional craft contexts.

刀とう匠しょうは鋼はがねを何なん度ども鍛たん錬れんする。
The swordsmith tempers the steel repeatedly.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

toughening; disciplining; training

Figurative extension: rigorous training or discipline that strengthens body, mind, or skills. Common in sports, martial arts, and self-improvement contexts.

毎まい朝あさのランニングは心しん身しんの鍛たん錬れんになる。
Running every morning serves as mental and physical training.
彼かれは武ぶ道どうで自じ分ぶんを鍛たん錬れんしている。
He disciplines himself through martial arts.

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Usage patterns

心しん身しんを鍛たん錬れんするto train both body and mind
武ぶ道どうを通とおして心しん身しんを鍛たん錬れんする。
Through martial arts, one trains both body and mind.
〈物もの〉を鍛たん錬れんするto forge or temper a metal object
刀とう匠しょうが刀かたなを鍛たん錬れんする。
The swordsmith forges the blade.
鍛たん錬れんを積つむto accumulate years of training
長なが年ねんの鍛たん錬れんを積つんで、彼かれは一いち流りゅうの職しょく人にんになった。
After years of accumulated training, he became a first-rate craftsman.
鍛たん錬れんに励はげむto devote oneself to training
毎まい朝あさ早はやく起おきて鍛たん錬れんに励はげんでいる。
He gets up early every morning and devotes himself to training.

Kanji

鍛forge, discipline, train
錬tempering, refine, drill
練practice, gloss, train

Related words

訓くん練れんN3sense 2
訓練 is general training or drilling for a specific skill or procedure, while 鍛錬 implies a tougher process of forging character or ability over time.
修しゅ行ぎょうN1sense 2
修行 is ascetic or spiritual training often tied to a master-student or religious context, whereas 鍛錬 is broader and covers physical, mental, or skill-based self-improvement.
修しゅう練れん sense 2
修練 and 鍛錬 both mean rigorous training that builds skill or character, but 修練 leans slightly more toward refining technique while 鍛錬 emphasizes toughening through hardship.
鍛きたえ
鍛錬 is a more formal, literary synonym for 鍛え, used for both physical forging and rigorous training of character or skill.
研けん磨ま
鍛錬 emphasizes rigorous training or tempering of body, mind, or character, while 研磨 in its metaphorical sense stresses refining a skill through steady practice.

Don't confuse with

鍛たん造ぞう sense 1
鍛造 refers specifically to the industrial process of forging metal by hammering, while 鍛錬 covers both traditional tempering/forging and, figuratively, personal training.
鍛冶かじ
鍛冶 means the craft or trade of smithing metal, whereas 鍛錬 (sharing the kanji 鍛) means training or disciplined practice, often used metaphorically for mental or physical toughening.

Word family

自じ己こ鍛たん錬れん
self-discipline; self-improvement

Written forms

鍛たん錬れんUsage68%
Standard kanji spelling; used in both literal metalworking and figurative training contexts.
鍛たん練れんUsage32%
Variant spelling; 練 emphasizes practice/training, making it more common in figurative senses, but 鍛錬 is the dominant form.

Etymology

Compound of 鍛 (forge, temper) and 錬 (refine, train). The literal metalworking sense is the origin, with the figurative sense of training/discipline developing from the idea of strengthening through repeated effort.