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ぜん
禅
は
わたし
私
たちの
こころ
心
を
たんれん
鍛練
するといわれる。
They say Zen cultivates our mind.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
禅は私たちの心を鍛練するといわれる。
verb passive form verb passive form
 
is done
禅は私たちの心を鍛練するといわれる。
Conjugations and inflections
  鍛練する is the plain form of 'suru' verb 鍛練   ALL INFLECTIONS
  いわれる is the passive form of 'u' godan verb いう   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ぜ ん 1 ぜ ん 0
Most common form: ぜん
noun
1. dhyana (profound meditation)  (Buddhist term)
2. Zen (Buddhism)  (see also: 禅宗; abbreviation)
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わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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こ こ ろ 3 こ こ ろ 2
noun
1. mind; heart; spirit
2. the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
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た ん れ ん 1
Most common form: 鍛錬
tempering; forging; hardening; disciplining; training
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い う 0
Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
禅
ゼン    Zen   
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礻
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
単
タン    simple   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
⺍
small
田
デン   た rice field   
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
心
シン   こころ heart   
鍛
タン   きたえる to temper, forge   
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段
ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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乍
ながらも although   -ながら while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
又
また again   
金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
練
レン   ねる to polish up, knead, train   
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東
トウ   ひがし east   
糸
シ   いと thread   
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