練る
ねる
to knead; to work over; to polish up (a plan, a text)
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Examples
小麦粉を水で練る。
こむぎこをみずでねる。
Knead the flour with water.
タイムをとって作戦を練ろう。
タイムをとってさくせんをねろう。
Let's take a time-out and work out a strategy.
一晩かけて企画を練り直した。
ひとばんかけてきかくをねりなおした。
I spent the whole night reworking the proposal.
Common patterns
- 計画を練る
- to work out a plan
- 作戦を練る
- to devise a strategy
- 文章を練る
- to polish one's writing
Memory tip
From kneading dough: you work the material over and over until it is smooth, hence 'refine a plan through repeated effort'. 計画を練る means the plan already exists and is being improved — 計画を立てる is making one from scratch.
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