訂正|ていせいteisei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectivecorrection; revision; amendment
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 訂正する（ていせいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 訂正します（ていせいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 訂正しない（ていせいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 訂正しません（ていせいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 訂正せず・訂正せぬ（ていせいせず・ていせいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 訂正した（ていせいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 訂正しました（ていせいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 訂正しなかった（ていせいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 訂正しませんでした（ていせいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 訂正して（ていせいして） |
| Potential | 訂正できる（ていせいできる） |
| Passive | 訂正される（ていせいされる） |
| Causative | 訂正させる（ていせいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 訂正させられる（ていせいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 訂正すれば（ていせいすれば） |
| tara | 訂正したら（ていせいしたら） |
| Volitional | 訂正しよう（ていせいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 訂正しましょう（ていせいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 訂正しろ（ていせいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym修正しゅうせいNeutralFor revising plans or drafts, even when nothing is actually wrong; 「訂正」 focuses on fixing errors in wording or content.
- Synonym改正かいせいNeutralApplies to revising laws and regulations; 「訂正」 is for correcting misprints and mistakes.
- Synonym是正ぜせいNeutralMeans rectifying unfairness or discrepancies; 「訂正」 centers on fixing erroneous content.
- Synonym更正こうせいWrittenWritten/formal prose, used mainly for correcting filings and registrations; 「訂正」 is for fixing misprints.
- Synonym改めるあらためるNeutralA verb meaning to change or reform things; 「訂正」 is a noun centered on correcting errors.
- Synonym手直してなおしNeutralMinor touch-ups or tweaks to something nearly finished; 「訂正」 targets actual errors.
- Synonym正すただすNeutralA verb for rectifying or straightening things, including posture; 「訂正」 centers on errors in writing.
- Synonym直しなおしNeutralA noun covering fixes and repairs of many kinds; 「訂正」 is specifically about correcting errors.
- Synonym添削てんさくNeutralMarking up and correcting someone's composition or exam answers; 「訂正」 is general error correction.
- Synonym直すなおすNeutralA colloquial, everyday verb for repairing or correcting; 「訂正」 is more at home in written/formal prose.
- Synonym修訂しゅうていWrittenWritten/formal prose, for revising written text; 「訂正」 focuses on correcting errors.
- Related改訂かいていNeutralRevises the content of books and documents, as in 「改訂版」; 「訂正」 is specifically about fixing errors.
- Related矯正きょうせいNeutralCorrects teeth, posture, or behavior; 「訂正」 deals with errors in writing or content.
- RelatedリビジョンNeutralA loanword for version revisions, mostly in IT contexts; 「訂正」 focuses on fixing mistakes.
- Related改定かいていNeutralRevises rules or prices, as in 「料金改定」; 「訂正」 is for correcting mistakes.
- Related校閲こうえつWrittenThe reviewing and checking of manuscripts; 「訂正」 is the act of correcting errors themselves.
- Related補正ほせいNeutralSupplementary correction, e.g. of budgets or data values; 「訂正」 focuses on fixing mistakes.
- Related規正きせいWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare; means setting wrong things right — say 「正す」 or 「直す」 instead.
- Related校訂こうていWrittenScholarly emendation of classical texts by comparing sources; 「訂正」 is ordinary correction of mistakes.
- Related改版かいはんNeutralRefers to producing a revised edition of a publication; 「訂正」 is about correcting errors.
- Related匡正きょうせいWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare; means rectifying faults — in everyday speech use 「正す」 or 「直す」.
- Related斧正ふせいWrittenWritten/formal prose, a humble term for asking someone to revise one's own writing; 「訂正」 simply means correcting errors.
Use 「訂正」 for correcting misprints or erroneous content, as in 「訂正してお詫びします」. For revising plans or drafts use 「修正」; for laws and regulations 「改正」; for revising books 「改訂」; for rectifying discrepancies 「是正」; for marking up a composition 「添削」. The others are narrower in scope: 「更正」「修訂」「校訂」「匡正」「斧正」「校閲」「規正」 belong to written/formal prose, 「リビジョン」 is mostly an IT term, and verbs like 「直す」 cover everyday fixing.
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