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改めて (あらためて, aratamete) Japanese meaning: again | Kotomora
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Thinking about it again, he might be right.
I will contact you again next week.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 改あらた めて 連れん 絡らく する to contact someone again (later, formally)
I will contact you again later with the details.
改あらた めて 〈 事こと 〉 を 考かんが える to reconsider something from scratch
We need to reconsider this issue from the beginning.
改あらた めてお 礼れい を 言い う to formally express one's thanks
Let me take this opportunity to formally thank you.
改あらた めて 言い うまでもない it goes without saying (that...)
It goes without saying how skilled he is.
Kanji 改 reformation, change, modify Related words· 6 再度 is a neutral, businesslike way to say 'once more' and lacks the fresh-start or formal nuance that 改めて often carries.
もう一度 is a plain, everyday 'one more time' with no sense of formality or renewed resolve, unlike 改めて.
再び is more literary and appears mainly in written narrative, whereas 改めて is common in everyday spoken and business use.
重ねて is used narrowly for repeating an apology, thanks, or request, while 改めて covers a broader range of 'doing something anew or formally'.
Show 2 more 改めて means 'anew' or 'once more, formally' with no negative nuance, whereas 今更 (sense 2) implies doing something belatedly, often with regret.
改めて means 'again, on another occasion' and often implies redoing something, whereas 追って simply means information will come later without that connotation.
Written forms 改あらた めて Usage 68%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
あらためて Usage 32%
Etymology Derived from the verb 改める (あらためる, 'to revise, renew'), with the adverbial form 改めて. The kanji 改 means 'reform, change'.
