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訓練

くんれん

training, drill

Mnemonic

Instruction run over and over until it goes smooth, so that nobody has to think on the day. Fire drill at school, Kun くん and the wren れん both out on the field: くんれん.

Worth knowing

練習 れんしゅう is practice at a skill. 訓練 is drilling, the formal and organised sort.

Built from

instruction, reading
言 speech + 川 river
train, knead
糸 thread on the left again, worked over and over by hand until it finally runs smooth.

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practice, training

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