Japanese

Noun

錬金術 ‎(hiragana れんきんじゅつ, romaji renkinjutsu, historical hiragana れんきんじゆつ)

1. alchemy (ancient chemistry)
   • 2004 January 10, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “ミッドナイト・ラン [Midnight Run]”, in 武ブ装ソウ錬レン金キン [Armed Alchemy], volume 1 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-873557-9, page 59-60:

     【錬 (れん)金 (きん)術 (じゅつ)】「近 (きん)代 (だい)より前 (まえ)全 (ぜん)ヨーロッパを風 (ふう)靡 (び)した原 (げん)始 (し)的 (てき)な総 (そう)合 (ごう)科 (か)学 (がく)技 (ぎ)術 (じゅつ)」

     【renkinjutsu】 “kindai yori mae zen-Yōroppa o fūbishita genshiteki na sōgō kagaku gijutsu”

     [alchemy] 'a primitive science and technology which predominated across Europe during the pre-modern era'

Derived terms

• 錬金術師 (れんきんじゅつし) ‎(renkinjutsushi): alchemist

See also

• 変移 (へんい) ‎(hen'i): transmutation
• 化学 (かがく) ‎(kagaku): chemistry

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0