修正
shūsei[ɕɨːse̞ː]
The English phrase "revision" is translated into Japanese as 修正 (shūsei).
修正 is used to describe the act of making corrections or modifications to a text, document or any other written work. To use this noun as a verb meaning "to revise" or "to correct", you can add the verb する to it, forming 修正する.
Meaning: act of revising (noun)
Which one should you use?
While 修正 refers to a general revision or adjustment used to improve something, 訂正 is used specifically when you are correcting an error or a mistake. Additionally, if you are referring specifically to the revision of a publication, such as a book or a new edition of an official document, use 改訂 instead of 修正.
How do you pronounce it?
shūsei
Did you know?
- In digital art and manga communities, the term 修正 is often used as a euphemism for censoring suggestive imagery to comply with laws.
- In Japanese business etiquette, if you must request a revision to a colleague's work, you would use the much more indirect and polite 見直し (minaoshi), which literally means 'looking over again'.
- While 修正 refers to modifying a document, the word 修正 is also used in medicine to describe the corrective surgery of a physical deformity.
Examples in context
- 修正が必要な箇所には、付箋を貼っておいてください。Please put sticky notes on any parts that need revision.This sentence is useful for showing how to identify parts that require 修正.Tatoeba #12135714 by small_snow, translation #13569926 by CK
- 私のレポートを改訂する必要があります。I need to revise my report.
- プレゼンテーションの修正はこの後行います。The presentation revisions will take place later.
- 論文の手直しをお願いします。Please make some revisions to the essay.
- このデータの修正をお願いします。Kono deeta no shuusei o onegaishimasu.Please make a revision to this data.
- 設計図の修正は終わりましたか？Sekkeizu no shuusei wa owarimashita ka?Is the revision of the blueprint finished?
Example conversation
At the office, Yota asks Misaki about a document.
- 陽太 Yota美咲さん、資料の修正は済みましたか？Misaki-san, shiryou no shuusei wa sumimashita ka?Misaki, is the revision of the document done?
- 美咲 Misakiはい、陽太さん。今終わったところです。Hai, Youta-san. Ima owatta tokoro desu.Yes, Yota. I just finished it.
- 陽太 Yota助かります。内容を確認しておきますね。Tasukarimasu. Naiyou o kakunin shite okimasu ne.That helps. I will check the content.
- 美咲 Misakiよろしくお願いします。Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.Thank you.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry 修正, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
