Meaning

Primary

To Rewrite

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

If you take your writing and fix it, you are taking your writing and rewriting it. This word means to rewrite, because the fixing is really heavy, so regular revisions won't do.

Reading

かきなおす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings come from 書く and 直す. Know those and you'll know how to read this word too!

Context

Context Sentences

主人公をコウイチからビエトに変こうして、この話を書き直してください。

Please change the protagonist to Viet instead of Koichi and rewrite this story.

試験終了間ぎわになって、受験番号が間ちがっているのに気づいて、あわてて書き直しました。

I noticed that I wrote the examinee's number wrong at the very end of the exam period and rewrote it in rush.

「これを書き直す時間があると思う?」「私はそうは思わないね。」

"Do you think we have enough time to rewrite this?" "I don’t think so."

Kanji Composition