過ちを改める

あやまちをあらためる

to correct a fault

過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという

あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという

a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake

過ち

あやまち

fault, error, indiscretion, faux pas

過ちを文る

あやまちをかざる

to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only

過ちを犯す

あやまちをおかす

to make an error

打ち過ぎる

うちすぎる

to pass by (time), to hit too much

育ち過ぎる

そだちすぎる

to be overgrown

穿ち過ぎ

うがちすぎ

reading too much into things

過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ

あやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ

do not delay to make amends for one's wrongs

改過自新

かいかじしん

changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start, turning over a new leaf

改革過程

かいかくかてい

reform process

過ちを観て斯に仁を知る

あやまちをみてここにじんをしる

to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

過

か

surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words), excess-, over-

度を過ぎる

どをすぎる

to go too far; to go to excess

日を改めて

ひをあらためて

another day, some other day

過ぎる

すぎる

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond

過疎る

かそる

to lose population (e.g. of active forum members, etc.)

版を改める

はんをあらためる ばんをあらためる

to revise an edition

章を改める

しょうをあらためる

to begin a new chapter