修正|しゅうせいshuusei[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbamendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix
   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.

• Synonym訂正ていせいWrittenWritten/formal: making an error right — a miswritten character, misstatement or wrong figure. 「修正」 also covers adjusting deviations and reworking plans.
• Synonym是正ぜせいWrittenWritten/formal: redressing situations that are unreasonable or unfair, as in 「格差を是正する」; mostly for institutions and social problems.
• Synonym補正ほせいNeutralNeutral: making up for what is lacking and correcting it; common in 「補正予算」 and in correcting numerical errors.
• Synonym改訂かいていWrittenWritten/formal: revising the content of books and teaching materials, as in 「改訂版」. 「修正」 is not limited to written works.
• Synonym更正こうせいFormalFormal: correcting errors in official records like tax returns and registrations, as in 「更正登記」. A taxpayer amends via 「修正申告」; general cases use 「修正」.
• SynonymリビジョンNeutralNeutral: loanword, mostly for revised versions of software or documents, as in version numbers. For everyday talk about changes, use 「修正」.
• Synonym改めるあらためるNeutralNeutral verb: changing or correcting in general, also mending attitudes or habits, or 「日を改める」 for picking another day.
• Synonym改正かいせいWrittenWritten/formal: mainly revising laws, rules, timetables and the like. 「修正」 applies more widely, even to data and text.
• Synonym改定かいていWrittenWritten/formal: revising and re-establishing rules, prices and the like, as in 「料金改定」; the point is setting a new standard.
• Synonym校閲こうえつWrittenWritten/formal: reading through a manuscript to check and correct it — a step in editorial work. 「修正」 is the act of correction itself.
• Synonym手直してなおしNeutralNeutral: patching up or fine-tuning something nearly finished; more colloquial and casual than 「修正」.
• Synonym修整しゅうせいWrittenWritten/formal: mainly retouching photographs, also tidying up flaws. Same reading as 「修正」 — don't confuse them.
• Synonym正すただすNeutralNeutral verb: correcting errors, also straightening posture or one's collar; more common than 「修正」 for attitudes and conduct.
• Synonym直しなおしCasualColloquial noun: a correction or repair; in speech mostly appears inside compounds like 「手直し」 and 「やり直し」.
• Synonym添削てんさくNeutralNeutral: adding to and cutting another person's writing or answers, e.g. marking compositions; limited to texts written by someone else.
• Synonym直すなおすNeutralNeutral: the everyday verb for repairing and correcting, also converting or translating. 「修正する」 is the more formal choice.
• Synonym規正きせいWrittenWritten/formal: putting what is improper back on the right track; legal and administrative, seen in law names like 「政治資金規正法」. In daily use, 「修正」 or 「是正」.
• Synonym修訂しゅうていWrittenWritten/formal: revising errors in books; close to 「改訂」 but rare. Say 「改訂」 or 「修正」 instead.
• Related変更へんこうNeutralNeutral: simply changing something — a plan, a date — with no implication of error. 「修正」 stresses putting what is wrong right.
• Related改変かいへんWrittenWritten/formal: altering content so it differs from the original, e.g. reworking a work or data; itself neutral — add 「無断で」 for unauthorized. 「修正」 targets errors.
• Related調整ちょうせいNeutralNeutral: adjusting to a standard or coordinating parties, with no error presupposed. 「修正」 focuses on correcting errors or deviations.
• Related刷新さっしんWrittenWritten/formal: sweeping away abuses for a fresh start, e.g. renewing personnel or an image; wholesale renewal. 「修正」 targets specific errors or deviations.
• Related加筆かひつWrittenWritten/formal: adding to a text or painting to improve it. 「修正」 is about fixing errors and need not add anything.
• RelatedかいぜんNeutralNeutral: making a bad situation better, e.g. the environment or working conditions. 「修正」 targets concrete errors or deviations.
• Related改造かいぞうNeutralNeutral: remodeling machines, buildings or organizations, changing their structure. 「修正」 targets errors or deviations.
• Related改編かいへんWrittenWritten/formal: reorganizing a body or re-editing a work, e.g. restructuring troops or reworking a program; no sense of correcting errors.
• Related校訂こうていWrittenWritten/formal: emending a text by comparing variant editions, for old and modern works alike; a philological term. 「修正」 is broader and needs no comparison of sources.
• Related改版かいはんNeutralNeutral: bringing out a new edition of a publication, reset or revised, with changes large or small; publications only. 「修正」 has no such limit.
• Antonym保持ほじNeutralNeutral antonym: continuing to hold or keep a state, as in 「現状を保持する」; opposed to 「修正」 on whether to keep things as they are or change them.

For correcting errors or deviations, big or small, 「修正」 is the default. Use 「訂正」 for miswritten characters, misstatements or figures, 「改正」 for laws and rules, 「改訂」 for books, and 「直す」 in everyday speech. For adjusting without error, pick 「調整」 or 「変更」; for institutions and social ills, 「是正」; for official records, 「更正」; for new editions, 「改版」; for software versions, 「リビジョン」.

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1. 間違まちがいや不十分ふじゅうぶんな箇所かしょを直なおすこと。ずれている部分ぶぶんを調整ちょうせいすること。