改める – Vocabulary details

改あらためる

Meanings

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to change; to alter; to revise; to replace

2. to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve

3. to examine; to check; to inspect

4. to do properly; to do formally

Alt. forms

Kanji used

改

reform

Pitch accent

あ

らため

る

Conjugations...Used in: 2738

Used in vocabulary (7 in total)

悔くい改あらためる

to repent; to be penitent

過あやまちを改あらためる

to correct a fault

稿こうを改あらためる

to rewrite a manuscript

章しょうを改あらためる

to begin a new chapter

版はんを改あらためる

to revise an edition

行ぎょうを改あらためる

to start a new paragraph

切きっ符ぷを改あらためる

to examine tickets

Examples (5 in total)

どうして考かんがえを改あらためたのですか。

What made you change your mind?

彼かれは生いき方かたを改あらためた。

He amended his way of living.

悪わるい習しゅう慣かんを改あらためるのは難むずかしいです。

It's difficult to break bad habits.