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法律を変える (ほうりつをかえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

法ほう律りつを変かえる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

revise the law; amend the law

A set phrase meaning to change or amend existing legislation. Used in legal, political, and news contexts.

国こっ会かいで法ほう律りつを変かえる議ぎ論ろんが続つづいている。
Debate on revising the law continues in the Diet.
時じ代だいに合あわせて法ほう律りつを変か

える

必ひつ

要よう

が

ある

。

It is necessary to amend the law to keep up with the times.

Kanji

法method, law, rule
律rhythm, law, regulation
変unusual, change, strange

Similar words

改かい正せいする
More formal and technical term for legal amendment, often used in official documents.
改かい定ていする
Implies revision or updating, not necessarily limited to laws; can apply to rules, prices, etc.

Etymology

A transparent compound of 法律 (law) + を (object marker) + 変える (to change). The phrase is a straightforward collocation rather than a single lexical item.