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Meaning of 改める in Japanese
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改める, 検める, 革めるJLPT 2
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Kana Readingあらためる
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Romajiaratameru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to change; to alter; to revise; to replace
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to examine; to check; to inspect
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to do properly; to do formally
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Examples of 改める, 検める, 革める, あらためる in a sentence
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Well, there's no such thing as being too late to correct one's faults.
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邦夫は自分の下品なテーブルマナーをあらためようとしなかったので、我々はがまんしなければならなかった。
We had to put up with Kunio's poor table manners because he refused to change.
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They changed the system.
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He amended his way of living.
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Old habits die hard. This is particularly true of politics.
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This is to inform you of my address change. Please update your mailing list.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 改める
- Plain Polite
- 改めます
- Negative
- 改めない
- Negative Polite
- 改めません
Past
- Plain
- 改めた
- Plain Polite
- 改めました
- Negative
- 改めなかった
- Negative Polite
- 改めませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 改めて
- Plain Polite
- 改めまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 改められる
- Plain Polite
- 改められます
- Negative
- 改められない
- Negative Polite
- 改められません
Related Kanji
改
JLPT 2
7 strokes
reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
On'Yomi: カイ
Kun'Yomi: あらた.める, あらた.まる