錬金術

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

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) れんき​んじゅつ [rèńkíꜜǹjùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩn(d͡)ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

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, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “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) [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

• 錬(れん)金(きん)術(じゅつ)師(し) (renkinjutsushi, “alchemist”)
• 変(へん)移(い) (hen'i, “transmutation”)
• 化(か)学(がく) (kagaku, “chemistry”)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN