直

Meaning

直 centers on straightness: going directly, being frank or honest, and making something correct again. The repair sense fits the idea of straightening or setting something right.

• 直ぐすぐ
  N4

  immediately; at once; right away; directly

• 正直しょうじき
  N3

  honest; frank; candid; straightforward

• 直接ちょくせつ
  N4

  direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

• 直後ちょくご
  N2

  immediately following

• 直しなおし

  correction; rectification

• 素直すなお
  N3

  obedient; meek; docile; unaffected

• 直前ちょくぜん
  N2

  just before; just prior to

• 直じき
  N1

  soon; in a moment; before long; shortly

• 直ちょく
  N1

  direct

• 直すなおす
  N5

  to repair; to mend; to fix; to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.); to put right; to restore; to straighten (e.g. a tie); to tidy up (one's hair, make-up, etc.); to revive (one's spirits)

• 見直しみなおし

  review; reconsideration; revision

• やり直しやりなおし
  N1

  redoing; doing over again

• 直感ちょっかん
  N1

  intuition; instinct; hunch

• 直径ちょっけい
  N2

  diameter

• 直ちにただちに
  N3

  at once; immediately; right away; without delay

• 直線ちょくせん
  N2

  straight line

• 直撃ちょくげき
  N1

  direct hit

• 真っ直ぐまっすぐ
  N5

  straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect

• 直面ちょくめん
  N1

  confrontation

• 直るなおる
  N4

  to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed

• 直接的ちょくせつてき

  direct

• 直行ちょっこう

  going straight (to); going direct; going without stopping

• 立直リーチ

  rīchi; riichi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed

• 率直そっちょく
  N2

  frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

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