改作|かいさくkaisaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbadaptation (of story)
    その劇げきは小説しょうせつを改作かいさくしたものだ。↗
    The play was adapted from a novel.
Conjugation
Dictionary form改作する(かいさくする)
Polite (masu)改作します(かいさくします)
Negative (nai)改作しない(かいさくしない)
polite (masen)改作しません(かいさくしません)
classical zu / nu改作せず・改作せぬ(かいさくせず・かいさくせぬ)
Past (ta)改作した(かいさくした)
polite (mashita)改作しました(かいさくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)改作しなかった(かいさくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)改作しませんでした(かいさくしませんでした)
Te form改作して(かいさくして)
Potential改作できる(かいさくできる)
Passive改作される(かいさくされる)
Causative改作させる(かいさくさせる)
Causative passive改作させられる(かいさくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)改作すれば(かいさくすれば)
tara改作したら(かいさくしたら)
Volitional改作しよう(かいさくしよう)
polite (mashou)改作しましょう(かいさくしましょう)
Imperative改作しろ(かいさくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym翻案ほんあんWrittenWritten/formal: adapting a work while keeping its plot, often localizing a foreign work or updating an old one; stresses the changed setting more than 「改作」.
  • SynonymアダプテーションNeutralLoanword for adapting a work into another form, but also for adjusting to new environments or situations; 「改作」 covers only remaking a work.
  • Antonym原作げんさくNeutralThe original work before it is adapted or translated, standing opposite the remade result, as in 「原作に忠実な映画化」.

Use 「改作」 for remaking an existing work. Use 「翻案」 when the plot is kept but the setting is localized or modernized. 「アダプテーション」 also covers adaptation into another form and adjusting to new situations. The pre-adaptation work is 「原作」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 今いまある作品さくひんなどをつくり直なおすこと。また、つくり直なおした作品さくひん。
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