Disimprovement | n. Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth; specific features which are worse than former features; disimprovements in the new Windows operating system. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
Improvement | n. 1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] I look upon your city as the best place of improvement. South. [ 1913 Webster ] Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. “A good improvement of his reason.” S. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ] I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old. [ 1913 Webster ] The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Increase; growth; progress; advance. [ 1913 Webster ] There is a design of publishing the history of architecture, with its several improvements and decays. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity. South. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on land or premises; as, to convey the land together with all improvements. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Misimprovement | n. Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose. [ 1913 Webster ] |
更新 | [こうしん, koushin] (n, vs) renewal; update; innovation; improvement; (P) #1,034 [Add to Longdo] |
加筆 | [かひつ, kahitsu] (n, vs) correction; improvement; revision #1,040 [Add to Longdo] |
改善 | [かいぜん, kaizen] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) betterment; improvement; (2) (uk) (often written カイゼン) kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement); (P) #1,304 [Add to Longdo] |
維持 | [いじ, iji] (n, vs) maintenance; preservation; improvement; (P) #2,122 [Add to Longdo] |
向上 | [こうじょう, koujou] (n, vs) elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress; (P) #2,425 [Add to Longdo] |
改良 | [かいりょう, kairyou] (n, vs) improvement; reform; (P) #2,799 [Add to Longdo] |
回復(P);快復;恢復 | [かいふく, kaifuku] (n, vs) (1) (回復, 恢復 only) restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement; (2) (esp. 快復) recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence; (P) #2,994 [Add to Longdo] |
改修 | [かいしゅう, kaishuu] (n, vs) repair; improvement; (P) #3,787 [Add to Longdo] |
リニューアル | [rinyu-aru] (n, vs) renovation; overhaul; update; repair; improvement; (P) #3,994 [Add to Longdo] |
工夫(P);功夫 | [くふう, kufuu] (n, vs) (1) scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously; (2) dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation); (P) #9,155 [Add to Longdo] |
推敲 | [すいこう, suikou] (n, vs) (1) revision (manuscript); elaboration on; (2) polish; improvement; (P) #18,445 [Add to Longdo] |
インフラ整備 | [インフラせいび, infura seibi] (n) infrastructure improvement [Add to Longdo] |
パフォーマンス向上 | [パフォーマンスこうじょう, pafo-mansu koujou] (n) { comp } performance improvement [Add to Longdo] |
ホームインプルーブメント | [ho-muinpuru-bumento] (n) home improvement; HI [Add to Longdo] |
改善点 | [かいぜんてん, kaizenten] (n) points of improvement [Add to Longdo] |
改良点 | [かいりょうてん, kairyouten] (n) point(s) for improvement [Add to Longdo] |
環境整備 | [かんきょうせいび, kankyouseibi] (n) environmental maintenance; environmental improvement [Add to Longdo] |
関係改善 | [かんけいかいぜん, kankeikaizen] (n) improvement of relations; rapprochement [Add to Longdo] |
業務改善命令 | [ぎょうむかいぜんめいれい, gyoumukaizenmeirei] (n) business improvement order [Add to Longdo] |
経営基盤の充実 | [けいえいきばんのじゅうじつ, keieikibannojuujitsu] (n) fulfillment of management base; fulfilment of management base; improvement of management foundation [Add to Longdo] |
効率向上 | [こうりつこうじょう, kouritsukoujou] (n) improvement in efficiency [Add to Longdo] |
自己研鑽 | [じこけんさん, jikokensan] (n) self-improvement [Add to Longdo] |
手直し | [てなおし, tenaoshi] (n, vs) adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration; correction; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
修養 | [しゅうよう, shuuyou] (n, vs) self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation [Add to Longdo] |
上り調子 | [のぼりちょうし;のぼりぢょうし, noborichoushi ; noboridyoushi] (n) rise; improvement; uptrend [Add to Longdo] |
上昇志向 | [じょうしょうしこう, joushoushikou] (n, adj-no) desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
上達 | [じょうたつ, joutatsu] (n, vs) (1) improvement; advance; progress; (2) (See 上通) (ant [Add to Longdo] |
進境 | [しんきょう, shinkyou] (n) progress; improvement [Add to Longdo] |
整備計画 | [せいびけいかく, seibikeikaku] (n) improvement project; construction plan [Add to Longdo] |
精神修養 | [せいしんしゅうよう, seishinshuuyou] (n, vs) moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul) [Add to Longdo] |
体質改善 | [たいしつかいぜん, taishitsukaizen] (n) improvement of one's constitution; reformation [Add to Longdo] |
待遇改善 | [たいぐうかいぜん, taiguukaizen] (n) improvement of labor conditions (labour) [Add to Longdo] |
土地改良 | [とちかいりょう, tochikairyou] (n) land improvement [Add to Longdo] |
道路整備 | [どうろせいび, douroseibi] (n) road maintenance; road improvement [Add to Longdo] |
補筆 | [ほひつ, hohitsu] (n, vs) retouch; correction; improvement [Add to Longdo] |
磨き(P);研き | [みがき, migaki] (n) polish; improvement; burnishing; (P) [Add to Longdo] |