改正

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

改正

  1. to correct; to amend; to rectify
    改正錯誤／改正错误  ―  gǎizhèng cuòwù  ―  to correct a mistake

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Derived terms

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

改(かい)正(せい) • (kaisei) 

  1. amendment
    • 1916, 夏目漱石, 明暗:
      市区(しく)改正(かいせい)の結果(けっか)、よほど以前(いぜん)に取(と)り広(ひろ)げられた往来(おうらい)には、比較的(ひかくてき)よそで見(み)られない幅(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(かい)正(せい)する • (kaisei suru) transitive suru (stem 改(かい)正(せい)し (kaisei shi), past 改(かい)正(せい)した (kaisei shita))

  1. amend, revise

Conjugation

Conjugation of "改正する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 改正し かいせいし kaisei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 改正し かいせいし kaisei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 改正する かいせいする kaisei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 改正する かいせいする kaisei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 改正すれ かいせいすれ kaisei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 改正せよ¹
改正しろ² 		かいせいせよ¹
かいせいしろ² 		kaisei seyo¹
kaisei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 改正される かいせいされる kaisei sareru
Causative 改正させる
改正さす 		かいせいさせる
かいせいさす 		kaisei saseru
kaisei sasu
Potential 改正できる かいせいできる kaisei dekiru
Volitional 改正しよう かいせいしよう kaisei shiyō
Negative 改正しない かいせいしない kaisei shinai
Negative continuative 改正せず かいせいせず kaisei sezu
Formal 改正します かいせいします kaisei shimasu
Perfective 改正した かいせいした kaisei shita
Conjunctive 改正して かいせいして kaisei shite
Hypothetical conditional 改正すれば かいせいすれば kaisei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
改正

Noun

改正 • (gaejeong) (hangeul 개정)

  1. hanja form? of 개정 (“amendment”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
改正

Verb

改正

  1. chữ Hán form of cải chính (“to correct”).
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