鍛える
N1きたえる kitaeru
- to forge
- to drill
- to temper
- to train
- to discipline
ichidan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
锻造;锻炼
Examples
- 彼は鋼を鍛えて刀を作った。He forged the steel into a sword.他锻钢制造刀。
- 若いうちに体を鍛えなさい。Build up your body while young.趁年轻锻炼身体吧。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6a55eceb06'); // 鍛える
{
"id": "6a55eceb06",
"word": "鍛える",
"reading": "きたえる",
"romaji": "kitaeru",
"meanings": [
"to forge",
"to drill",
"to temper",
"to train",
"to discipline"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1419120,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は鋼を鍛えて刀を作った。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{鋼|はがね}を{鍛|きた}えて{刀|かたな}を{作|つく}った。",
"en": "He forged the steel into a sword.",
"tatoeba_id": 107312
},
{
"ja": "若いうちに体を鍛えなさい。",
"furigana": "{若|わか}いうちに{体|からだ}を{鍛|きた}えなさい。",
"en": "Build up your body while young.",
"tatoeba_id": 148866
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "c2a8dd02ce8c3925cad60916db7562d1d1fe072b651813668d66c47f4679316c",
"meanings": [
"锻造",
"锻炼"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は鋼を鍛えて刀を作った。",
"zh": "他锻钢制造刀。"
},
{
"ja": "若いうちに体を鍛えなさい。",
"zh": "趁年轻锻炼身体吧。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/6a55eceb06",
"JMdict ent_seq 1419120; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "ffecbcd4fb29762a5e22824b13f5d7e69d709d3ea10cda5250d9ab02626181ae",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}