Illustration: At a small aquarium, a keeper slides a new pictorial identification card into the holder beside a tank. The tank now contains a school of striped fish, and the new card depicts that same kind of fish.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

更こう新しん

koushin

to update, to renew

Example sentences

  1. こちらのサイトでは、イベントの情報じょうほうを随時ずいじ更新こうしんしています。

    Information about the event is updated whenever necessary on this website.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. パスポートを更新こうしんしないといけないんです。

    I must renew my passport.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 先月せんげつ、運転免許証うんてんめんきょしょうを更新こうしんしました。

    I had my driving licence renewed last month.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 更新

  • 更grow late; night watchOnコウKunさら・さらに・ふける
  • 新newOnシンKunあたらしい・あらた・あら-

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