カイ, あらた.める, あらた.まる

reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search

JLPT2 G4 S7 F147

# arise + (strike) → strike to arouse/raise, inaugurating a *reform* or amendment (compare 變) → *amend*; *renew*; *anew*; *correct* → *replace*; *improve*; *change*; *check*; *again*; *another time* → *be formal/ceremonious*.

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