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改 kanji
reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
カイ
Kun readings
あらためるあらたまる
Words with 改
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3改善Popularbetterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
- N2改札Popularexamination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
- N2改正Popularrevision; amendment; alteration
- N2改造Popularremodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; conversion; alteration; renovation; modification; reshuffling (e.g. a cabinet); reorganization; restructuring; modding
- N1改革Popularreform; reformation; reorganization
- N1改修Popularrepair; improvement
- N1改定Popularrevision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
- N1改訂Popularrevision (of text); alteration; change
- N1改良Popularimprovement; reform
- N1改悪changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration
- —改憲Popularconstitutional change; revising the constitution
- —改宗Popularreligious conversion
- —改新Popularreformation
- —改選Popularelection (for a seat or position at the end of a term)
- —改組Popularreorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
- —改装Popularremodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
- —改築Popularstructural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
- —改編Popularreorganization; reorganisation
- —改名Popularname change
- —更改Popularrenewal; extension; revision