練 practice

Meaning	practice; gloss; train; drill
On	レン
Kun	ね.る、ね.り
Strokes	14
First met	N4 lesson 42, in 訓練

Stroke order

Words

Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
訓練	くんれん	practice, drill, training	N4
練習	れんしゅう	rehearsal, practice	N4
修練	しゅうれん	rigorous practice, drilling	N3
熟練	じゅくれん	skill, expertise	N3
熟練技	じゅくれんわざ	skilled technique	N3
練り合わせ	ねりあわせ	kneading together	N3
試練	しれん	trial, ordeal	N2
模擬訓練	もぎくんれん	simulation drill, dry run	N1
洗練	せんれん	refinement, polish	N1
熟練の技	じゅくれんのわざ	practiced artisan technique	N1
熟練度	じゅくれんど	degree of artisan mastery	N1
試練の突破	しれんのとっぱ	definitive triumph over a grueling trial	N1
熟練の極致	じゅくれんのきょくち	absolute apex of knife craft	N1

Examples

刃(は)面(めん)に対(たい)して節(ふし)を均一(きんいつ)な力(ちから)で押(お)し当(あ)て、向(む)こう側(がわ)が完全(かんぜん)に透過(とうか)して見(み)えるほど薄(うす)く、幅広(はばひろ)の花鰹(はながつお)を連続(れんぞく)して削(けず)り出(だ)すのだ。この熟練(じゅくれん)の技(わざ)があって初(はじ)めて、熱湯(ねっとう)に投(とう)じた瞬間(しゅんかん)に芳醇(ほうじゅん)な芳香(ほうこう)が立(た)ち昇(のぼ)り、核酸(かくさん)系(けい)旨味(うまみ)のイノシン酸(さん)が一気(いっき)に抽出(ちゅうしゅつ)されるのだぞ！

Press the block against the blade face with even force, and shave one wide flake after another, so thin you can see right through it. Only with that practiced skill does a rich aroma rise the moment it's dropped into boiling water, and the nucleotide umami, inosinic acid, is drawn out all at once! (N1 lesson 156)