錬金術

See also: 鍊金術

Japanese
Kanji in this term
錬 金 術
れん
Grade: S		 きん
Grade: 1		 じゅつ
Grade: 5
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
鍊金術 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

錬 (ren, “smelting”) +‎ 金 (kin, “gold”) +‎ 術 (-jutsu, “technique”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) れんき​んじゅつ [rèńkíꜜǹjùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɾẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

錬(れん)金(きん)術(じゅつ) • (renkinjutsu) ←れんきんじゆつ (renkinzyutu)?

  1. alchemy (ancient chemistry)
    • 2004 January 10, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)２(に)話(わ)　ミッドナイト・ラン [Chapter 2: Midnight Run]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) (武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)) [Armed Alchemy], volume 1, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 59–60:
      【錬(れん)金(きん)術(じゅつ)】「近(きん)代(だい)より前(まえ)全(ぜん)ヨーロッパを風(ふう)靡(び)した原(げん)始(し)的(てき)な総(そう)合(ごう)科(か)学(がく)技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)」
      【renkinjutsu】 “kindai yori mae zen-Yōroppa o fūbishita genshiteki na sōgō kagaku gijutsu”
      [alchemy] “a primitive science and technology that predominated across Europe before the modern era”
  2. (figurative) a way that can make money without work

See also

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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