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改正

改正

Chinese

 
to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
 
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad.
(改正)

Verb

改正

  1. to correct
    改正錯誤 / 改正错误   gǎizhèng cuòwù   to correct a mistake

Noun

改正

  1. correction

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 4
せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

改正 (hiragana かいせい, romaji kaisei)

  1. amendment
    • 1916, 夏目漱石, 明暗:
      市区 (しく)改正 (かいせい)結果 (けっか)、よほど以前 (いぜん) () (ひろ)げられた往来 (おうらい)には、比較的 (ひかくてき)よそで ()られない (はば)があった。
      Shiku kaisei no kekka, yohodo izen ni torihirogerareta ōrai ni wa, hikakuteki yoso de mirarenai haba ga atta.
      The result of the municipal redistricting was that some streets were widened to an extent unseen before.

Verb

改正する (transitive, hiragana かいせいする, romaji kaisei suru)

  1. amend, revise

Conjugation

References

  1. 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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

改正 (gaejeong) (hangeul 개정)

  1. Hanja form? of 개정, “amendment”.