Kanji

改

reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

攴部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

あらためる, あらたまる

Nanori (Name Reading)

あら

Common Readings

カイ, あらた…まる, あらた…める

Example sentences

改めて あらためて
詳しいことは、後で改めてご連絡します。

I will contact you again later with details.

今後 こんご
今後の計画については、改めてご連絡いたします。

Regarding future plans, I will contact you again.

改める あらためる
自分の生活習慣を改めて、健康に気をつけることにした。

I decided to improve my lifestyle habits and take care of my health.

惰弱 だじゃく
彼は惰弱な生活を改めて、厳しい訓練に身を投じた。

He changed his idle lifestyle and threw himself into rigorous training.

改善 かいぜん
この計画にはまだ改善の余地がある。

There is still room for improvement in this plan.

処 ところ
この計画にはまだ改善すべき処がある。

There are still parts of this plan that need to be improved.

改造 かいぞう
古い民家をカフェに改造した

We remodeled an old house into a cafe.

国務大臣 こくむだいじん
内閣改造により、新たに三人の国務大臣が任命された。

With the cabinet reshuffle, three new Ministers of State were appointed.

改良 かいりょう
その機械の性能をさらに改良した。

The performance of that machine has been further improved.

改まる あらたまる
年が改まると、新しい気持ちで目標を立てる人が多い。

When the year changes, many people set goals with a fresh feeling.

Example Vocabulary

改めて

あらためて

again; anew; formally

改める

あらためる

to change; to alter; to reform; to improve; to examine

改善

かいぜん

improvement; betterment

改造

かいぞう

remodeling; reconstruction; modification

改良

かいりょう

improvement; reform; upgrade

改まる

あらたまる

to be renewed; to be improved; to be formal

改変

かいへん

alteration; modification; revision

改革

かいかく

reform, reorganization

改装

かいそう

renovation; remodeling; refurbishment

改札

かいさつ

ticket gate; ticket barrier

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