"鍛える" meaning in Japanese

See 鍛える in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [kʲi̥ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|きたえる|tr=transitive|type=2}} 鍛(きた)える • (kitaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 鍛(きた)え (kitae), past 鍛(きた)えた (kitaeta)) Forms: 鍛える [canonical] (ruby: (きた)), kitaeru [romanization], 鍛え [stem] (ruby: (きた)), 鍛えた [past] (ruby: (きた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 鍛え [error-unrecognized-form], きたえ [error-unrecognized-form], kitae [error-unrecognized-form], 鍛える [error-unrecognized-form], きたえる [error-unrecognized-form], kitaeru [error-unrecognized-form], 鍛えれ [error-unrecognized-form], きたえれ [error-unrecognized-form], kitaere [error-unrecognized-form], 鍛えよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 鍛えろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], きたえよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], きたえろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], kitaeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], kitaero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 鍛えられる [passive], きたえられる [passive], kitaerareru [passive], 鍛えさせる [causative], 鍛えさす [causative], きたえさせる [causative], きたえさす [causative], kitaesaseru [causative], kitaesasu [causative], 鍛えられる [potential], 鍛えれる [colloquial, potential], きたえられる [potential], きたえれる [colloquial, potential], kitaerareru [potential], kitaereru [colloquial, potential], 鍛えよう [volitional], きたえよう [volitional], kitaeyō [volitional], 鍛えない [negative], 鍛えぬ [negative], 鍛えん [negative], きたえない [negative], きたえぬ [negative], きたえん [negative], kitaenai [negative], kitaenu [negative], kitaen [negative], 鍛えず [continuative, negative], きたえず [continuative, negative], kitaezu [continuative, negative], 鍛えます [formal], きたえます [formal], kitaemasu [formal], 鍛えた [perfective], きたえた [perfective], kitaeta [perfective], 鍛えて [conjunctive], きたえて [conjunctive], kitaete [conjunctive], 鍛えれば [conditional, hypothetical], きたえれば [conditional, hypothetical], kitaereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to forge, to train
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "鍛える",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鍛",
          "きた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛え",
      "roman": "kitae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鍛",
          "きた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えた",
      "roman": "kitaeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鍛",
          "きた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きたえる",
        "tr": "transitive",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "鍛(きた)える • (kitaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 鍛(きた)え (kitae), past 鍛(きた)えた (kitaeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Metallurgy",
          "orig": "ja:Metallurgy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to forge, to train"
      ],
      "id": "en-鍛える-ja-verb-hgms90Ix",
      "links": [
        [
          "forge",
          "forge"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きたえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲi̥ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鍛える"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "鍛える",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鍛",
          "きた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛え",
      "roman": "kitae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鍛",
          "きた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えた",
      "roman": "kitaeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "鍛",
          "きた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍛えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きたえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きたえる",
        "tr": "transitive",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "鍛(きた)える • (kitaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 鍛(きた)え (kitae), past 鍛(きた)えた (kitaeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese ichidan verbs",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese transitive verbs",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ja:Metallurgy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to forge, to train"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forge",
          "forge"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きたえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲi̥ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鍛える"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 鍛える meaning in Japanese (6.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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