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English

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (kaizen ????), from Middle Chinese ?? (kój-d?jén) (compare Mandarin g?ishàn ??), from Old Chinese ?? (*q???-?en? "to correct errors"), from ? ("to change") + ? ("good").

Introduced to English in 1959 by Boyé Lafayette De Mente in his book Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka??z?n/, /?ka??z?n/

Noun

kaizen (countable and uncountable, plural kaizens)

1. A Japanese business practice of continuous improvement in performance and productivity.
2. (by extension) Continuous improvement generally. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Verb

kaizen (third-person singular simple present kaizens, present participle kaizening, simple past and past participle kaizened)

1. (transitive, business) To apply continuous improvement to (a task, or the worker who performs it).

See also

• quality circle

Japanese

Romanization

kaizen

1. R?maji transcription of ????

English

Etymology

un- +? defined

Adjective

undefined (not comparable)

1. Lacking a definition or value.
2. (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.

   The result of division by zero is undefined.

Synonyms

• (lacking a definition or value): indefinite, undefinable; see also Thesaurus:indistinct or Thesaurus:vague

Antonyms

• defined

Translations