校閲|こうえつkouetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrevision; proofreading
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 校閲する（こうえつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 校閲します（こうえつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 校閲しない（こうえつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 校閲しません（こうえつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 校閲せず・校閲せぬ（こうえつせず・こうえつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 校閲した（こうえつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 校閲しました（こうえつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 校閲しなかった（こうえつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 校閲しませんでした（こうえつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 校閲して（こうえつして） |
| Potential | 校閲できる（こうえつできる） |
| Passive | 校閲される（こうえつされる） |
| Causative | 校閲させる（こうえつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 校閲させられる（こうえつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 校閲すれば（こうえつすれば） |
| tara | 校閲したら（こうえつしたら） |
| Volitional | 校閲しよう（こうえつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 校閲しましょう（こうえつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 校閲しろ（こうえつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym修正しゅうせいNeutralNeutral. A broad word for fixing errors or making adjustments; 「校閲」 is specifically about reading through a text.
- Synonym校訂こうていWrittenWritten/formal prose. Collating a book's text against other editions; 「校閲」 focuses on checking facts and typos.
- Related改正かいせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Amending laws and rules, as in 「法改正」; 「校閲」 is specifically about reading through a text to catch errors.
- Related訂正ていせいNeutralNeutral. Correcting what is wrong, as in 「訂正記事」; 「校閲」 means reading a manuscript through to find errors and fill gaps.
- Related手直してなおしCasualColloquial. Touching up something mostly finished to fix its weak spots, not limited to text; 「校閲」 is specifically manuscript review.
- Related是正ぜせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Rectifying something improper, as in 「格差の是正」; leans toward social systems and institutions.
- Related更正こうせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Correcting errors in official filings or registrations, e.g. tax 「更正」.
- Related添削てんさくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Marking up and correcting someone else's composition or exam answers; 「校閲」 focuses on checking the whole text.
- Related補正ほせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Supplementary correction, as in 「補正予算」; leans toward budgets and data.
- Related改めるあらためるNeutralNeutral. To change or reform, as in 「規則を改める」; very wide-ranging in use.
- Related直しなおしCasualColloquial. Fixing or patching up, as in 「原稿の直し」.
- Related改訂かいていWrittenWritten/formal prose. Revising a book's content, as in 「改訂版」; centers on bringing out a new edition.
- Related規正きせいFormalFormal. Regulating and correcting, as in 「政治資金規正法」.
- Related直すなおすCasualColloquial. The most general verb for fixing or correcting; 「校閲」 is specifically manuscript review.
- Related改版かいはんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Remaking a publication into a new edition; centers on the edition, while 「校閲」 is about reviewing the content.
- Related匡正きょうせいFormalFormal. A rare word for rectifying; 「是正」 or 「訂正」 is normally used.
- Related修訂しゅうていWrittenWritten/formal prose. Correcting errors in a book; close to 「改訂」.
Use 「校閲」 for reading through a manuscript, checking facts and typos, as in 「校閲部」 or 「原稿を校閲する」. For correcting errors say 「訂正」, for revising a publication 「改訂」, and for marking a student's writing 「添削」.
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