Illustration: Outside a Japanese neighborhood workshop, a mechanic converts a used passenger van into a compact camper. Through the open sliding door, the original cab remains visible beside a newly fitted sleeping platform and a small kitchenette.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

改かい造ぞう

kaizou

to remodel, to convert

Example sentences

  1. 地下室ちかしつを仕事場しごとばに改造かいぞうした。

    The basement has been made over into a workshop.

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  2. 父ちちは車庫しゃこを書斎しょさいに改造かいぞうした。

    My father converted a garage into a study.

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  3. 車庫しゃこを仕事場しごとばとして使つかえるように改造かいぞうした。

    I adapted the garage for use as a workshop.

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Kanji in 改造

  • 改reformation; changeOnカイKunあらためる・あらたまる
  • 造create; makeOnゾウKunつくる・つくり

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