ichidan verb, transitive verb
rewrite; overwrite; renew; transfer
Broadly means to write something again, often with changes: rewriting a document, overwriting data, renewing a contract, or transferring an entry to a new form.
レポートを書き換えるのに一晩かかった。
It took all night to rewrite the report.
If you save over the file, the original data will be overwritten.
契約書の内容を新しい条件に書き換えた。
We rewrote the contract terms to reflect the new conditions.