校正 (こうせい, kousei) Japanese meaning: proofreading | Kotomora

校こう正せい

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校正する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	校こう正せいする	校こう正せいしない
Polite	校こう正せいします	校こう正せいしません
Past polite	校こう正せいしました	校こう正せいしませんでした
Past	校こう正せいした	校こう正せいしなかった
Te-form	校こう正せいして	校こう正せいしないで
Desire	校こう正せいしたい	校こう正せいしたくない
Potential	校こう正せいできる	校こう正せいできない
Passive	校こう正せいされる	校こう正せいされない
Causative	校こう正せいさせる	校こう正せいさせない
Causative passive	校こう正せいさせられる	校こう正せいさせられない
Volitional	校こう正せいしよう
Polite volitional	校こう正せいしましょう
Imperative	校こう正せいしろ	校こう正せいするな
Conditional	校こう正せいすれば	校こう正せいしなければ
Tara conditional	校こう正せいしたら	校こう正せいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

proofreading; proofread

Only when written 校正

Checking and correcting written or printed material for errors before publication. Used in publishing, printing, and document review.

原げん稿こうを校こう正せいしてから印いん刷

Kanji

校exam, school, printing
正correct, justice, righteous
較contrast, compare

Related words· 8

校こう閲えつ sense 1
校閲 focuses on reviewing content for factual accuracy and consistency, while 校正 is primarily about correcting typographical and formatting errors.
調ちょう整せいN3sense 2
調整 is a general term for adjustment or regulation, whereas 校正 specifically refers to calibration against a fixed standard.
校こう訂てい sense 1
校訂 refers to editing and collating a text (often classical or scholarly) to establish an authoritative version, while 校正 is the routine check for typos before printing.
添てん削さくN1
校正 means proofreading for typos and factual errors, while 添削 covers broader corrections and stylistic polishing.

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校こうN1
校正 is the full noun/verb for 'proofreading', while 校 alone is a shorter counter used in terms like 初校 and 再校.
推すい敲こうN1
校正 focuses on proofreading and fixing factual or typographical errors, while 推敲 is about refining word choice and expression to improve style.
編へん集しゅうN2
校正 refers specifically to proofreading and correcting errors, whereas 編集 covers the whole process of editing and compiling content.
訂てい正せいN2

Don't confuse with

構こう成せいN3
構成 (composition, structure) is a homophone of 校正 (proofreading/calibration) but refers to how something is organized, not to checking for errors.
更こう正せい
校正 (same reading) refers to proofreading printed text, while 更正 refers to correcting official records or tax filings.

Word family· 7

Written forms

校こう正せいUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling for both proofreading and calibration senses. High frequency in news and general use.
較こう正せいUsage6%
Rare variant for calibration; 校正 is overwhelmingly preferred even in technical contexts.

Etymology

校正 is a Sino-Japanese compound. 校 means 'examine' or 'check', and 正 means 'correct' or 'right'. The combination originally referred to comparing and correcting texts, later extended to instrument calibration.

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