Word Meaning 百戦錬磨

ひゃくせんれんま hyakusenremma

百戦錬磨 is read as ひゃくせんれんま (hyakusenremma) and means veteran.

Meaning

English

  1. veteran
  2. battle-worn
  3. schooled by adversity in many battles
  4. hard-bitten
  5. rich in experience
  6. very experienced

Reading

Kana

ひゃくせんれんま

Romaji

hyakusenremma

Writing Variants

  • 百戦練磨 ひゃくせんれんま hyakusenremma

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Yojijukugo Rank 23573 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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百錬

ひゃくれん

well-tempered

百戦

ひゃくせん

hundred battles

百年戦争

ひゃくねんせんそう

Hundred Years War (1337-1453)

百戦百勝

ひゃくせんひゃくしょう

ever-victorious

敵を知り己を知らば百戦危うからず

てきをしりおのをしらばひゃくせんあやうからず

know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles

敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

てきをしりおのをしればひゃくせんあやうからず

know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles

彼を知り己を知れば百戦殆からず

かれをしりおのれをしればひゃくせんあやうからず

if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated

百科事典

ひゃっかじてん

encyclopedia

百条委員会

ひゃくじょういいんかい

investigation committee (of prefectural assembly, established under Section 100 of the Act)

百分率

ひゃくぶんりつ

percentage

百分率機能

ひゃくぶんりつきのう

percentage function

百科全書派

ひゃっかぜんしょは

the Encyclopedists