添削|てんさくtensaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcorrection; looking over; touching up
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 添削する（てんさくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 添削します（てんさくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 添削しない（てんさくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 添削しません（てんさくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 添削せず・添削せぬ（てんさくせず・てんさくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 添削した（てんさくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 添削しました（てんさくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 添削しなかった（てんさくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 添削しませんでした（てんさくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 添削して（てんさくして） |
| Potential | 添削できる（てんさくできる） |
| Passive | 添削される（てんさくされる） |
| Causative | 添削させる（てんさくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 添削させられる（てんさくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 添削すれば（てんさくすれば） |
| tara | 添削したら（てんさくしたら） |
| Volitional | 添削しよう（てんさくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 添削しましょう（てんさくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 添削しろ（てんさくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym修正しゅうせいNeutralThe most general word for fixing errors or shortcomings, as in 「データを修正」; unlike 添削, it is not limited to revising another person's writing or answers.
- Synonym直しなおしCasualColloquial word for fixing or repairing something, as in 「直しを入れる」; broader than 添削, which applies only to correcting written work.
- Synonym訂正ていせいNeutralPutting a mistake right, whether in speech, figures or facts, as in 「訂正のお知らせ」; centers on the error itself, while 「添削」 reworks a text by adding and cutting.
- Synonym手直してなおしNeutralTouching up something already largely finished, mostly as a local adjustment; unlike 「添削」, it is not limited to another person's writing or answers.
- Synonym修訂しゅうていWrittenWritten-style word for revising books, used mainly in publishing; for marking up a person's essay or exam answers, 「添削」 is the usual word.
- Synonym斧正ふせいFormalFormal, respectful word for someone else's correction of one's own poems or writing, used mostly when asking them to correct it; rare.
- Synonym更訂こうていWrittenWritten-style word for revising and correcting text; rare, and not tied to marking up another person's work.
- Related是正ぜせいFormalFormal word for putting wrongs right, typically in institutions or to close gaps, as in 「格差是正」; its focus is on systems and disparities rather than written work.
- Related更正こうせいFormalFormal word for correcting official declarations or registrations; a tax and legal term, not used for marking up writing.
- Related改正かいせいNeutralAmending laws or regulations, as in 「法改正」; it applies to rules and systems, not to a person's writing or answers.
- Related補正ほせいWrittenWritten-style word for correcting by supplementing what falls short, as in 「補正予算」; the stress is on making up deficiencies as well as fixing errors.
- Related改訂かいていWrittenRevising a book or other published work, as in 「改訂版」; it typically leads to a new edition, whereas 「添削」 corrects another person's essay or answers.
- Related校閲こうえつWrittenWritten-style word for reading a manuscript before publication and correcting or supplementing its content and facts; an editorial task in publishing.
- RelatedリビジョンNeutralLoanword for revising and improving documents or plans; it leans toward software and technical documentation, where it also means a revised version.
- Related匡正きょうせいFormalFormal word for setting faults or wrongs right in general; rare. It is not specific to reworking someone's text the way 「添削」 is.
- Related校訂こうていWrittenWritten-style word for emending old texts by comparing different sources; a scholarly textual practice, unlike 添削's everyday corrections.
For correcting another person's writing, poems or exam answers by adding and deleting, use 「添削」, as in 「作文を添削する」 or 「添削指導」. For fixing errors in general, 「修正」 is the default and 「訂正」 covers slips of the tongue, figures and facts. For revising books use 「改訂」, and for amending laws 「改正」. The other words each belong to a narrower context, as their notes explain.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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