かいぜん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. betterment; improvement
2. kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
often written カイゼン
Pitch accent
いぜん
Composed of
revision
good; goodness; right; virtue
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures
improvement of one's constitution; reformation
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
improvement of relations; rapprochement
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
business improvement order
Examples (18 in total)
Corporate results in Japan have improved.
He made an endeavor to improve the situation.
We were in favor of reforming the tax laws.