刪さん定てい

noun

revision of a passage; textual emendation

Literary and technical term for revising or correcting a written passage, especially in classical or scholarly contexts. Rare in everyday language.

• 古こ典てんの本ほん文ぶんを刪さん定ていする作さ業ぎょうは、専せん門もん家かでも難むずかしい。

  The work of revising the text of a classical work is difficult even for specialists.