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洗練

洗煉、 洗錬

Reading

Kana: せんれん
Romaji: senren
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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polish; refinement

Kanji

Readings: セン、 あら.う
Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe
Readings: レン、 ね.る、 ね.り
Meanings: practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
Readings: レン、 ね.る
Meanings: refine metals, kneading over fire
Readings: レン、 ね.る
Meanings: tempering, refine, drill, train, polish

Example Sentences

(かれ)(はな)(かた)はたいへん洗練(せんれん)されている。
➥His speech is very refined.
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ああいう洗練(せんれん)された人々(ひとびと)(なか)で、自分(じぶん)はまったく場違(ばちが)いな()がした。
➥I felt utterly out of place among those sophisticated people.
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ある時代(じだい)(もっと)洗練(せんれん)された審美(しんび)()によって(うつく)しいと(かんが)えられたものが美術館(びじゅつかん)にはたくさんあるのだが、それは(いま)(わたし)たちには価値(かち)のないものに()えるのである。
➥The museums are full of objects which the most cultivated taste of a period considered beautiful, but which seem to us now worthless.
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洗練(せんれん)され教養(きょうよう)のある(ひと)区別(くべつ)する標識(ひょうしき)はなんであろう。
➥What are the marks that distinguish the cultured man?
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いくつかの(たね)基本(きほん)(うた)(たい)する(なん)(じゅう)、いや(なん)(ひゃく)もの変化形(へんかがた)をもつ洗練(せんれん)されたレパートリーを次第(しだい)発展(はってん)させていく。
➥Some species gradually develop elaborate repertoires of dozens or even hundreds of variants of a basic song.
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