改めて|あらためてaratamete[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. adverbanother time; again; over again; once again; anew
    改あらためて言いう事ことはない。↗
    I have nothing particular to say.
  2. adverbformally; especially; intentionally; deliberately
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym再びふたたびWrittenWritten/formal prose meaning simply a second time, again, with an objective narrative tone; 「改めて」 adds the solemn feel of doing something anew and formally.
  • Synonym重ねてかさねてNeutralMeans repeating, doing something again and again; often used to apologize or request once more, as in 「重ねてお詫び申し上げます」.
  • Related新しくあたらしくNeutralMeans doing something in a new way or with something new; 「改めて」 focuses on choosing another occasion and redoing it properly.
  • Antonym引き続きひきつづきNeutralOpposite of 「改めて」 on whether there is a break: it means going on with what you were doing without interruption.
  • AntonymそのままNeutralOpposite of 「改めて」 on whether to start over: it means leaving things as they are, unchanged, rather than redoing them.

Use 「改めて」 to redo something properly or formally at another occasion. For simply a second time, pick 「再び」; to apologize or request again, 「重ねて」. The opposites are 「引き続き」 (continuing without a break) and 「そのまま」 (leaving things as they are).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 別べつの機会きかいに。
  2. 今更いまさらのように。かさねて。もう一度いちどはっきりと。ふたたび確認かくにんのため。(否定文ひていぶんで)ことさら、こと新あたらしく。
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