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    3. 錬金術

    錬金術

    錬れん金きん術じゅつ

    alchemy

    KMT9News #28+1Ref L2NounHistoryKanji Vocab35 strokes

    れんきんじゅつ

    Noun

    1.
    alchemy
    2.
    way of making money, moneymaker, money-spinner

    Stroke 0 / 35

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    昔むかし、人ひと々びとは錬れん金きん術じゅつを信しんじていた。

    In ancient times, people believed in alchemy.

    KMT8History
    錬れん金きん術じゅつは、卑ひ金きん属ぞくを貴き金きん属ぞくに変がえようとする試こころみだった。

    Alchemy was an attempt to transform base metals into noble metals.

    KMT9HistoryScience & Math
    現げん代だい科か学がくの発はっ展てんは、かつての錬れん金きん術じゅつ師したちの探たん求きゅうから始はじまったとも言いえる。

    It can be said that the development of modern science began from the pursuits of former alchemists.

    KMT9HistoryScience & Math
    中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、錬れん金きん術じゅつが盛さかんに行おこなわれた。

    Alchemy flourished in medieval Europe.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    その投とう資しは、まるで錬れん金きん術じゅつのように莫ばく大だいな利り益えきを生うみ出だした。

    That investment generated enormous profits, just like alchemy.

    KMT9Business & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    錬
    ね.る…(1)
    tempering・refine・drill・train・polish
    金
    かね・かな-・-がね…(8)
    gold
    術
    すべ…(1)
    art・technique・skill・means・trick…(2)
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