How to say "revision" in Japanese

• 改正かいせいJLPT N2approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveRevision of a law, regulation, or similar formal provision. The typical word when an official rule or statute is revised or amended, as in news about a revised law.
  時刻表じこくひょうが改正かいせいされた。↗

  The timetable has been revised.
• 修正しゅうせいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe most general choice: correcting or modifying something to fix errors or improve it. Covers amendments to bills, plans, or documents, and small corrections to text or figures.
  失礼しつれいですが御ご提案ていあんを修正しゅうせいさせていただきます。↗

  I beg to modify your proposal.
• 補正ほせいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbTechnical correction or compensation, often for measurement or mechanical error, as in the compensation of a pendulum. Rarely the word for ordinary revision; use it mainly in technical contexts.
• 改定かいていJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRevision of a rule, price, or similar arrangement, changing it to a new set value. Common for revised fees, rates, or terms rather than for correcting errors.
• 改訂かいていJLPT N1approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveRevision of text, such as a book, manual, or dictionary, when content is reworked for a new edition. The natural word for a revised edition of a published text.
  時刻表じこくひょうが改訂かいていされた。↗

  The timetable has been revised.

Use 改正 for laws, 改定 for rules and prices, 改訂 for texts, 修正 for general corrections or modifications, and 補正 chiefly for technical corrections or compensation.

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• 改正かいせいrevision
• 修正しゅうせいamendment
• 補正ほせいcorrection
• 改定かいていrevision (of a rule, price, etc.)
• 改訂かいていrevision (of text)
• 見直しみなおしreview
• 復習ふくしゅうreview (of learned material)
• 訂正ていせいcorrection
• 査定さていassessment (of value, damages, etc.)
• 是正ぜせいcorrection
• リビジョンrevision
• 校閲こうえつrevision
• 加筆かひつimprovement (to a piece of writing or painting)
• 更改こうかいrenewal
• 更正こうせいcorrection
• 推敲すいこうpolishing (a piece of writing)
• 改廃かいはいreform and (or) abolition
• 変更へんこうchange
• 改かいrevision
• 刪修さんしゅうrevision
• 校定こうていrevision
• 改案かいあんrevision
• 更訂こうていrevision (of text)
• 補綴ほてつmending
• 改版かいはんrevised edition (of a publication)
• 修訂しゅうていcorrection
• 変改へんかいchange
• 斧正ふせいcorrection