更正|こうせいkousei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcorrection; revision; rectification
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 更正する（こうせいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 更正します（こうせいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 更正しない（こうせいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 更正しません（こうせいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 更正せず・更正せぬ（こうせいせず・こうせいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 更正した（こうせいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 更正しました（こうせいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 更正しなかった（こうせいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 更正しませんでした（こうせいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 更正して（こうせいして） |
| Potential | 更正できる（こうせいできる） |
| Passive | 更正される（こうせいされる） |
| Causative | 更正させる（こうせいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 更正させられる（こうせいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 更正すれば（こうせいすれば） |
| tara | 更正したら（こうせいしたら） |
| Volitional | 更正しよう（こうせいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 更正しましょう（こうせいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 更正しろ（こうせいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym是正ぜせいWrittenWritten: correcting wrongs or unfairness, as in 「格差の是正」; targets social problems, while 「更正」 fixes errors in official filings.
- Synonym改正かいせいNeutralAmending laws and regulations, as in 「法改正」; about revising institutions and rules, not correcting filing errors.
- Synonym修正しゅうせいNeutralThe broadest of these: fixing or adjusting flawed or insufficient parts of anything, not limited to official documents.
- Synonym訂正ていせいNeutralPutting mistakes right, as in 「訂正記事」 or 「発言を訂正する」; general error correction, not tied to official filings.
- Synonym直しなおしCasualColloquial: fixing or mending anything from mistakes to broken items; broad everyday use.
- Synonym補正ほせいWrittenWritten: supplementing what is incomplete or correcting errors, as in 「補正予算」 or 「書類の補正」; also compensating measured values.
- Synonym規正きせいFormalFormal: correcting or regulating; mostly encountered in law names such as 「政治資金規正法」.
- Synonym校訂こうていWrittenWritten: emending a text by comparing variant sources; a scholarly term centered on written texts.
- Related手直してなおしCasualColloquial: tweaking or patching up something that is mostly finished; implies small-scale changes rather than formal correction.
- Related矯正きょうせいWrittenWritten: straightening teeth, vision or behavior, as in 「歯列矯正」; restoring something to its normal state.
- Related加筆かひつWrittenWritten: adding new passages or touches to a text or painting; about supplementing content, not fixing errors.
- Related改訂かいていWrittenWritten: revising the content of a book or work, as in 「改訂版」; publication-oriented, unlike 「更正」.
- Related校閲こうえつWrittenWritten publishing term: reading through a manuscript to fix errors and fill gaps in the content.
- Related添削てんさくWrittenWritten: marking and correcting someone else's composition, poem or exam answers.
- Related匡正きょうせいFormalFormal and rare: remedying faults or abuses; a literary word for setting things right.
- Related修訂しゅうていWrittenWritten: revising a book to correct its errors; focused on publications.
- Related斧正ふせいFormalFormal humble term used when asking someone to correct or critique one's own poetry or prose.
- Related更訂こうていWrittenWritten and rare: revising and correcting a text anew.
- Related改版かいはんWrittenWritten: producing a new edition of a publication, whether the content is revised or merely reset.
Use 「更正」 for correcting errors in official filings and registrations, as in 「税務署が更正する」 or 「更正登記」. For everyday mistakes pick 「訂正」, for amending laws 「改正」, for revising books 「改訂」, for social unfairness 「是正」, and for the broadest fixing-and-adjusting sense 「修正」. The rest are narrower: 「手直し」 and 「直し」 are colloquial tweaks or repairs, 「矯正」 straightens teeth or behavior, 「添削」 marks someone else's writing, and 「校訂」「改版」「校閲」 belong to publishing.
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