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更迭 (koutetsu) Japanese meaning: personnel change | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 更迭する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 更こう 迭てつ する 更こう 迭てつ しない Polite 更こう 迭てつ します 更こう 迭てつ しません Past polite 更こう 迭てつ しました 更こう 迭てつ しませんでした Past 更こう 迭てつ した 更こう 迭てつ しなかった Te-form 更こう 迭てつ して 更こう 迭てつ しないで Desire 更こう 迭てつ したい 更こう 迭てつ したくない Potential 更こう 迭てつ できる 更こう 迭てつ できない Passive 更こう 迭てつ される 更こう 迭てつ されない Causative 更こう 迭てつ させる 更こう 迭てつ させない Causative passive 更こう 迭てつ させられる 更こう 迭てつ させられない Volitional 更こう 迭てつ しよう Polite volitional 更こう 迭てつ しましょう Imperative 更こう 迭てつ しろ 更こう 迭てつ するな Conditional 更こう 迭てつ すれば 更こう 迭てつ しなければ Tara conditional 更こう 迭てつ したら 更こう 迭てつ しなかったら
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Several cabinet ministers were replaced in the cabinet reshuffle.
The president dismissed the sales director, holding him responsible for the poor performance.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 更こう 迭てつ する to dismiss and replace someone (usu. an official or executive)
The prime minister dismissed and replaced the minister after the scandal came to light.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 更こう 迭てつ される for someone to be dismissed and replaced
The manager was replaced due to poor performance.
〈 事こと 〉 を 理り 由ゆう に 更こう 迭てつ する to dismiss someone citing a particular reason
The minister was replaced over a controversial remark.
Kanji 更 grow late, night watch, sit up late 交 mingle, mixing, association Transitive / intransitive 更迭する can be used transitively, taking a person as its direct object (大臣を更迭する, 'to dismiss the minister'), and it also appears intransitively in the passive-like form 更迭される, meaning 'to be dismissed/replaced'.
Related words 交代 is a neutral, often scheduled change of personnel, while 更迭 implies a forced removal or shake-up, usually of high-ranking officials.
解任 focuses narrowly on the act of dismissing someone from a post, while 更迭 usually implies both removal and replacement with someone else.
異動 is the routine term for a personnel transfer or reassignment within an organization, while 更迭 carries a stronger sense of forced dismissal, often due to scandal or failure.
罷免 is a formal, often legalistic term for stripping someone of their post, while 更迭 more broadly covers reshuffling and replacing personnel.
更迭 means removing someone from their current post and replacing them, whereas 左遷 focuses on moving the person to a lesser position rather than simply replacing them.
Written forms 更こう 迭てつ Usage 99%
Standard kanji form; high-frequency news term.
交こう 迭てつ Usage 1%
search-only kanji form
Rare variant kanji form; it is search-only.
Etymology 更迭 is a Sino-Japanese compound. 更 means 'change' or 'renew', and 迭 means 'alternate' or 'replace'. The combination conveys the idea of replacing one person with another, especially in official positions.
