あらためる

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
改める
革める
検める
更める

Etymology

From (あら) (arata, new) + める (-meru, -ify, to render).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "改める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
改める らため
Imperative (命令形) 改めろ らため
Key constructions
Passive 改められる らためられ
Causative 改めさせる らためさせ
Potential 改められる らためられ
Volitional 改めよう らためよ
Negative 改めない らためない
Negative perfective 改めなかった らためなかった
Formal 改めます らためま
Perfective 改めた らためた
Conjunctive 改めて らためて
Hypothetical conditional 改めれば らためれば

Verb

あらためる (aratamerutransitive ichidan (stem あらため (aratame), past あらためた (aratameta))

Japanese verb pair
active あらためる
mediopassive あらたまる
  1. 改める, 革める, 更める: renew
  2. 改める, 革める: reform
  3. 改める, 検める: examine, inspect

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN