Keyword
reform
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig567
Readings
かい
(43%)
Composed of
oneself
folding chair
Mnemonic

What's the best way to reform one's thoughts? Grab a folding char, and get oneself sitting on it! You know, like the statue of The Thinker?

Used in vocabulary (201 in total)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
Examples (86 in total)
Once again, sorry.
What made you change your mind?
He amended his way of living.
It's difficult to break bad habits.
Each generation would have to rediscover for itself the truths of the past.
The situation, I am sure, will be improved.
There's much room for improvement in this project.
The situation is still capable of improvement.
I want you to improve your attitude at work.
Actually, this method has plenty of room for improvement.
If we improve it little by little, it will become a great weapon.
He made an endeavor to improve the situation.
There's a lot of room left for improvement.
The situation is capable of improvement.
I've added my recommendations to improve the situation.
There is no room for further improvement in this system.
Actually, the present method has plenty of room for improvement.
My ability to improve has been admired everywhere.
It is the educational system that needs to be reformed in this area.
He made great efforts to stop the reform as best he could.
He tried to reform the party from within.
The government has been reforming education.
There is plenty of room for improvement in this dictionary.
There's still plenty of room for improvement in dictionaries.
Computers are constantly being improved.
Old habits die hard. This is particularly true of politics.
Food supply shows steady improvement.
The basement has been made over into a workshop.
Tom persuaded Mary to change her mind.
He built hospitals and helped the people of Africa improve their lives.
It would be difficult to improve the device without an effective catalyst.
I want you to refurbish the house.
Their house is being remodeled.
We are closed for renovations.
The time is ripe for a drastic reform.
We are working to fix this bug.
Our house was entirely rebuilt.
We should reform this law.
The law needs to be amended.
He advocates a revision of the rules.
Some people want to amend the constitution.
She said good-bye to me and went through the ticket gate.
I converted to Christianity.
He converted to Christianity.
He was converted from Buddhism to Christianity.
He is a recent convert to Catholicism.
Is it true that Tom changed his name?
He changed his name to Tom.
My father converted the garage into a study.
I adapted the garage for use as a workshop.
The timetable has been revised.
White strawberries were born of a mutation during selective breeding.
The revision of this dictionary took six years.
Fadil converted to Islam in 1977.
Tom converted from Christianity to Islam.
The reformed Labour Standards Act will be in force from Jan 1st 2004.
The teachers' room and the gym are under renovation.
The social welfare system is in bad need of renovation.
They want to better their working conditions.
A revised edition of the encyclopedia was published.
He proposed a reform in the educational system.
They seem determined to press forward with their program of reform.
The company's fourth quarter results sharply improved from the preceding quarter.
The play was adapted from a novel.
Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.
The revised timetable will go into effect on the 5th of this month.
He advocates reform of university education.
They are in favor of the reform of the tax laws.
We were in favor of reforming the tax laws.
Political prisoners are on a hunger strike for better conditions.
The company's profitability improved.
The government started tax reform.
The pressure for tax reform is growing.
The tax reform will not touch the banking industry.
The nation as a whole is in favor of political reform.
In the main, I am in favor of political reform if meaningful changes are made.
Political reforms may ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.
He promised political reforms would be put into practice.
The new government is expected to bring about a good number of administrative reforms.
The Prime Minister proposed administrative reforms.
The trade imbalance between two nations should be improved.
Land reform caused a great change in the lives of the people.
Financial reforms may ameliorate the current economic difficulties.
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
Corporate results in Japan have improved.
I am in favor of a German orthographic reform.