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更新 (こうしん, koushin) Japanese meaning: renewal | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation 更新する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 更こう 新しん する 更こう 新しん しない Polite 更こう 新しん します 更こう 新しん しません Past polite 更こう 新しん しました 更こう 新しん しませんでした Past 更こう 新しん した 更こう 新しん しなかった Te-form 更こう 新しん して 更こう 新しん しないで Desire 更こう 新しん したい 更こう 新しん したくない Potential 更こう 新しん できる 更こう 新しん できない Passive 更こう 新しん される 更こう 新しん されない Causative 更こう 新しん させる 更こう 新しん させない Causative passive 更こう 新しん させられる 更こう 新しん させられない Volitional 更こう 新しん しよう Polite volitional 更こう 新しん しましょう Imperative 更こう 新しん しろ 更こう 新しん するな Conditional 更こう 新しん すれば 更こう 新しん しなければ Tara conditional 更こう 新しん したら 更こう 新しん しなかったら
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I have to renew my passport.
I updated the software to the latest version.
He broke the world record.
Usage patterns 免めん 許きょ を 更こう 新しん する to renew a license
I have to renew my driver's license next month.
契けい 約やく を 更こう 新しん する to renew a contract
I decided to renew my apartment lease.
ページを 更こう 新しん する to refresh/reload a webpage
I refreshed the page several times to check for the latest information.
〈 物もの 〉 が 自じ 動どう で 更こう 新しん される for something to be updated automatically
This software updates automatically.
Kanji 更 grow late, night watch, sit up late Transitive / intransitive 更新 is used both transitively and intransitively depending on voice: 会社がデータを更新する (the company updates the data, transitive) and データが更新される (the data gets updated, intransitive/passive).
Related words· 12 更改 is a more formal term used mainly for renewing contracts or overhauling systems, while 更新 is the everyday word for updates and renewals in general.
リニューアル is a loanword used for physical renovations or website redesigns, while 更新 is the standard term covering updates, renewals, and record-breaking.
刷新 implies a thorough reform or complete overhaul, whereas 更新 can refer to a simple, routine update or renewal.
アップデート is a loanword used almost exclusively for software or data updates, while 更新 is broader and also covers contracts, records, and facilities.
Show 8 more 改訂 specifically means revising a text, edition, or document, while 更新 is used more generally for renewing or refreshing something.
更新 is the broad term for renewing or updating anything (software, records, contracts), while 書き換え specifically implies physically rewriting or reissuing the document.
更新 focuses on the act of updating data or a version, while 反映 (in the computing sense) focuses on a change becoming visible or effective after it is made.
Don't confuse with 更正 (こうせい) means an official correction, such as amending a tax return, while 更新 (こうしん) means renewing or updating something; they share the kanji 更 but differ in reading and meaning.
更新 means to routinely renew or update something (a contract, a record, software), while 刷新 implies a deep, systemic overhaul rather than a simple update.
Word family· 11 Pleistocene epoch
renewal fee; renewal charge
update date; renewal date; date last updated
change log; update history; record of updates
Etymology Compound of 更 (further, again) and 新 (new). The meaning 'to make new again' follows naturally from the kanji components.
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更新 is a general word for renewing or updating something (a contract, a record), whereas 新陳代謝 specifically evokes the biological or organic replacement of old with new.
更新 is the native, more formal Japanese term for renewing or updating something, whereas バージョンアップ is a casual, tech-specific wasei-eigo term for upgrading to a new version.
更新する focuses on renewing or updating something to keep it current (like a license or subscription), while 書き換える stresses the act of rewriting the content itself.
更新 means to update or renew (e.g. software, a contract), while リビジョン specifically denotes a numbered or dated version resulting from such an update.
更新する is the neutral term for updating or renewing something (including records), while 塗り替える adds a dramatic sense of overturning what was previously established.
forest regeneration; logging and replanting
Show 5 more automatic update; automatic renewal
coppicing; coppice regeneration
breaking a record; setting a new record
deferred update
file update; file updating
