How to say "training" in Japanese

• 練習れんしゅうJLPT N5approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'training' in the everyday sense of practicing a skill through repetition, as in sports, music, or language study. If you simply mean practicing to get better at something, this is the word you want.
  あなたはいつピアノの練習れんしゅうをしますか。↗

  When do you practice the piano?
• 訓練くんれんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbSystematic training or drill aimed at building a specific skill or discipline. It suggests structured, deliberate instruction rather than casual practice, and fits programs that develop competence in a particular ability.
  私わたしたちは昨日きのう防火ぼうか訓練くんれんをした。↗

  We had a fire drill yesterday.
• トレーニングJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA loanword covering training for a skill, job, or sport. It is especially at home in talk about physical training, workouts, and conditioning for fitness or athletic performance.
  私は懸命けんめいにトレーニングして試合しあいに備そなえた。↗

  I prepared for the game by training hard.
• 研修けんしゅうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbTraining in a professional setting, especially in-service training or an induction course for employees. Use it for company training programs and professional development, not for sports or personal skill practice.
  研修会けんしゅうかいは午後ごご4時じ開始かいし予定よていです。↗

  The training session is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
• 修行しゅぎょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbTraining as austere, long-term self-discipline — religious austerities, or figuratively years of rigorous discipline to master an art. It is seldom the word for everyday practice or a workout.

For practicing a skill use 練習, for systematic drill 訓練, for training aimed at a skill, job, or sport 「トレーニング」, for workplace in-service training 研修, and for austere, long-term self-discipline 修行.

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• 練習れんしゅうpractice
• 訓練くんれんtraining
• トレーニングtraining (for a skill, job, sport, etc.)
• 研修けんしゅうtraining (esp. in-service)
• 修行しゅぎょうtraining
• 教育きょういくeducation
• 育成いくせいrearing
• 養成ようせいtraining
• 仕込みしこみtraining
• 調教ちょうきょうtraining (animals)
• 教習きょうしゅうtraining
• 実習じっしゅうpractice (in the field)
• 稽古けいこpractice
• 講習こうしゅうshort course
• 修練しゅうれんtraining
• 素養そようgrounding (in a skill or subject)
• しつけdiscipline
• 修業しゅうぎょうpursuit of knowledge
• トレtraining
• 錬成れんせいtraining
• 練磨れんまtraining
• 整枝せいしtraining (branches in horticulture)
• 下馴ししたならしtraining
• 陶冶とうやtraining
• 薫陶くんとうeducation
• 習練しゅうれんpractice
• 調練ちょうれんmilitary drill
• 鍛成たんせいcultivation
• ディシプリンdiscipline
• お稽古おけいこpractice
• 操練そうれんdrill (esp. military)
• 手慣らしてならしpractice
• 修養しゅうようself-improvement
• 精錬せいれんtraining
• コーチcoaching
• 仕立てしたてteaching
• 鍛錬たんれんtoughening
• 仕付けしつけdiscipline
• 精練せいれんtraining
• 鍛えきたえdrilling