補ほ綴てつ

also: ほてい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

mending; revision; supplementation

General term for repairing, revising, or supplementing something, often used in formal or technical contexts such as document revision or data supplementation.

この報ほう告こく書しょは補ほ綴てつが必ひつ要ようだ。
This report needs revision.

データの補ほ綴てつを行おこなった。

We supplemented the data.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

dental prosthesis; prosthetic

Only with reading ほてつ

Specifically refers to dental prosthetics such as dentures, crowns, or bridges. Restricted to the reading ほてつ.

歯し科か医い院いんで補ほ綴てつ治ち療りょうを受うけた。
I received prosthetic treatment at the dental clinic.
補ほ綴てつ物ぶつが壊こわれたので作つくり直なおしてもらった。
My dental prosthesis broke, so I had it remade.

Written forms

補綴Usage100%
- ほてつ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ほてい is rare and not normally used in modern Japanese.
- ほてい
  Rare reading; lists it but it is not commonly encountered. Learners should use ほてつ.
ほてい

Kanji

補supplement, supply, make good
綴compose, spell, write

Similar words

補ほ修しゅう
補修 focuses on repairing physical objects or structures, while 補綴 is broader and includes revision of documents or supplementation of data.
義ぎ歯し
義歯 is a more common word for dentures or false teeth, whereas 補綴 is a technical term used in dentistry for prosthetics in general.

Etymology

The kanji 補 means 'supplement' or 'compensate', and 綴 means 'spell' or 'compose', but in this compound it carries the sense of 'mending' or 'joining'. The word is a Sino-Japanese compound (kango) with no clear historical derivation beyond its component meanings.