かいぜん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. betterment; improvement
2. kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
often written カイゼン
Kanji used
reform
morally good
Pitch accent
いぜん
Top 5500
Composed of
revision
good; goodness; right; virtue
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
improvement of relations; rapprochement
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures
improvement of one's constitution; reformation
Examples (18 in total)
Corporate results in Japan have improved.
He made an endeavor to improve the situation.
We were in favor of reforming the tax laws.