補訂

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 補訂 is a noun read ほてい, meaning the supplementation and correction of an existing text or set of materials. The verbal form is 補訂する, with the past form 補訂した.
• Basic usage: It appears in relatively formal publishing or documentary contexts, such as adding corrections and missing information for a new edition or describing an edition made from revised old material.
  • 再版にあたり、本文に補訂を加えた。 describes supplementing and correcting the text for a new edition; 古い資料を補訂した版が完成した。 describes completing an edition based on corrected and supplemented old material.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 補訂を加えた
  • にあたり presents the new edition as the occasion, while 本文に補訂を加える makes the main text the target of the additions and corrections.
• 補訂した版
  • The past form 補訂した modifies 版, identifying it as an edition for which the revision work has been completed.
• 補訂 and 訂正
  • 訂正 focuses on correcting something wrong, whereas 補訂 includes supplying missing material as well as making corrections.