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    3. 改まる

    改まる

    改あらたま​る​

    to be renewed

    N1KMT10News #43+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab11 strokes

    革まる

    あらたまる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be renewed, to change
    2.
    to be improved, to be reformed, to be revised, to be corrected
    3.
    to stand on ceremony, to be formal
    4.
    to take a turn for the worse (of an illness), to take a serious turn

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    気き持もちを改あらためる。

    To change one's feelings (or attitude).

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは改あらたまって、私わたしに謝しゃ罪ざいした。

    He formally apologized to me.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの病びょう状じょうは一いっ向こうに改あらたまる気け配はいがない。

    There's no sign of his medical condition improving at all.

    KMT10Medicine & Health
    新しん年ねんを迎むかえ、気き分ぶんを改あらためる。

    Welcoming the New Year, I'll refresh my feelings.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    この規き則そくは時じ代だいに合あわせて改あらたまるべきだ。

    These rules should be revised to suit the times.

    KMT10Politics & LawDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    改
    あらた.める・あらた.まる…(1)
    reformation・change・modify・mend・renew…(3)
    Kanji
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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