直ちょく示じMeanings1noundeixislinguisticsLinguistics term referring to words and phrases that cannot be fully understood without additional contextual information, such as 'here', 'you', or 'now'.「これ」や「あそこ」は直ちょく示じ表ひょう現げんの例れいです。'This' and 'over there' are examples of deictic expressions.
