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洗練せんれん

Kana せんれん Romaji senren

Common word

Definitions

01noun · suru verb · transitive

Examples

ああいう洗練された人々の中で、自分はまったく場違いな気がした。

I felt utterly out of place among those sophisticated people.

Tatoeba #234722

彼の話し方はたいへん洗練されている。

His speech is very refined.

Tatoeba #115821

洗練され教養のある人を区別する標識はなんであろう。

What are the marks that distinguish the cultured man?

Tatoeba #141194

Other forms

洗煉 (rarely used kanji form)洗錬 (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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