修しゅう改かい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

personal reformation; self-improvement

Refers to the act of correcting one's own character or behavior, often in a moral or spiritual sense. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to reform oneself'.

• 彼かれは心こころを入いれ替かえて、修しゅう改かいに努つとめた。

  He turned over a new leaf and strove for personal reformation.

• 修しゅう改かいの気き持もちがなければ、同おなじ過あやまちを繰くり返かえすだろう。

  Without a desire for self-improvement, you'll likely repeat the same mistakes.