練る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
練
ね
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
練る (kyūjitai)
錬る
煉る
鍊る
邌る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「練る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		練る ねる
Imperative (命令形) 練れ ねれ
Key constructions
Passive 練られる ねられる
Causative 練らせる ねらせる
Potential 練れる ねれる
Volitional 練ろう ねろー
Negative 練らない ねらない
Negative perfective 練らなかった ねらなかった
Formal 練ります ねります
Perfective 練った ねった
Conjunctive 練って ねって
Hypothetical conditional 練れば ねれば

Verb

練(ね)る • (neru) transitive godan (stem 練(ね)り (neri), past 練(ね)った (netta))

  1. knead (to work and press into a mass)
  2. elaborate, work out (an idea etc.)
    安全対策(あんぜんたいさく)については十分(じゅうぶん)に練(ね)られていた。
    Anzen taisaku ni tsuite wa jūbun ni nerareteita.
    The security measures have been completely worked out.
  3. polish (refine; improve imperfections from)
  4. soften, gloss (silk)
  5. 練る, 邌る: to march

Conjugation

Conjugation of "練る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 練ら ねら nera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 練り ねり neri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 練る ねる neru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 練る ねる neru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 練れ ねれ nere
Meireikei ("imperative") 練れ ねれ nere
Key constructions
Passive 練られる ねられる nerareru
Causative 練らせる
練らす 		ねらせる
ねらす 		neraseru
nerasu
Potential 練れる ねれる nereru
Volitional 練ろう ねろう nerō
Negative 練らない ねらない neranai
Negative continuative 練らず ねらず nerazu
Formal 練ります ねります nerimasu
Perfective 練った ねった netta
Conjunctive 練って ねって nette
Hypothetical conditional 練れば ねれば nereba

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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