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Japanese symbol for “honing”

Romaji: hooningu
honing

In Japanese, honing is (hooningu).

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Meanings

  1. n honing

Other Japanese words for “honing”

WordReadingMeaning
れんま renmatraining; practice; drilling
とぎあげ togiagehoning
とぎもの togimonosharpening (of knives, swords, etc.); grinding; honing
けんれん kenrentraining; practice; drilling

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.