Translation guide
The act of correcting something that is wrong, or making something right. In Japanese, the best translation depends on whether you are fixing an error, adjusting a system, or making amends.
To fix a factual, clerical, or procedural error.
The most common word for correcting errors in documents, statements, or data. Often used in formal contexts.
Please correct the typo.
Because there was an error in the article, we published a correction.
Used for making adjustments or amendments, often to plans, laws, or systems. Implies improvement rather than just fixing a mistake.
We need to revise the plan.
Formal term for rectifying an injustice, imbalance, or improper situation. Often used in business or legal contexts.
Policies to rectify the imbalance are being called for.
To correct a wrong, compensate for a mistake, or restore a proper state.
To make up for a wrongdoing or loss, often through compensation or atonement.
He did everything he could to make amends for his mistake.
To recover or regain a lost position, reputation, or advantage. Often used in competitive contexts.
To settle accounts or clear up past issues, often used metaphorically for resolving emotional or historical debts.
To adjust a signal, measurement, or process to a correct standard.
Rectification of an electric current (AC to DC). Also used in fluid dynamics.
This circuit rectifies alternating current to direct current.
Correction or compensation in measurements, data, or optics. Often used in statistics and engineering.
彼は失点を挽回するために攻撃的にプレーした。
He played aggressively to make up for the lost points.
過去を清算して新しい人生を始めたい。
I want to settle the past and start a new life.
Apply a correction to the measured value.