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矯正 [news1,nf22] ；きょう正 [sK]
【きょうせい [news1,nf22] 】

[n,vs,vt]
▶ correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.)
▶ remedy
▶ rectification
▶ redress
▶ reform
▶ straightening (of teeth)

Conjugations

History:

10.	A 2022-08-19 06:31:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9.	A* 2022-08-17 10:19:51 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog
	Diff:	@@ -22,2 +22 @@ -<pos>&adj-no;</pos> -<gloss>correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.)</gloss> @@ -27,0 +27 @@ +<gloss>straightening (of teeth)</gloss>
8.	A 2022-08-17 06:52:35 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2022-08-16 15:57:19 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮ │ 矯正　　　 │ 4,440,561 │ 99.5% │ │ きょう正　 │ 792 │ 0.0% │ 🡠 sK (rare mazegaki) │ きょうせい │ 21,305 │ 0.5% │ ╰─ーーーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -10,0 +11 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
6.	A 2022-01-22 01:32:22 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Correct POS order -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -19,0 +20 @@ +<pos>&vt;</pos> @@ -21 +21,0 @@ -<pos>&vt;</pos>
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5.	A 2021-11-18 00:42:13 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Meikyo vt and vi additions to n,vs entries -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -20,0 +21 @@ +<pos>&vt;</pos>
4.	A 2014-02-17 22:51:32 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2014-02-17 22:20:00 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1357895548
	Comments:	It's a fine point. The "ベストアンサー" above summarizes it: 「矯正（きょうせい）」......欠点をなおし、正しくすること。「匡正（きょうせい）」......誤りをただしなおすこと。 I'll bring that out in the glosses.
	Diff:	@@ -8,3 +7,0 @@ -</k_ele> -<k_ele> -<keb>匡正</keb> @@ -24 +21 @@ -<gloss>correction</gloss> +<gloss>correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.)</gloss>
2.	A* 2014-02-17 20:07:36 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	i don't think these are quite the same ===== 矯正 is more broadly 'correction' (e.g., pronunciation, tooth alignment as in daijisen's examples:「発音を―する」「歯列―」) though also 'correction' as in 'correctional facility' ===== 匡正 refers specifically to fixing the error in one's ways, e.g., meikyo: 誤りなどを正しい状態に改め直すこと。「乱れた道徳を━する」
1.	A* 2014-02-17 10:04:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Daijr, Koj, GG5, etc. (only Daijr has 匡正, with a gloss almost identical to that of 矯正)
	Comments:	Proposing to merge 1235860.
	Diff:	@@ -7,0 +8,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>匡正</keb> @@ -22,0 +26,3 @@ +<gloss>rectification</gloss> +<gloss>redress</gloss> +<gloss>reform</gloss>

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