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言い直す · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

correct oneself; restate

Used when the speaker realizes a mistake in what they just said and rephrases it, or when they say something again in a different way for clarity.

〈事こと〉を言いい直なおすto restate or correct something one just said
名な前まえを間ま違ちがえたので、すぐに言いい直なおした。
I got the name wrong, so I immediately corrected myself.
〜と言いい直なおすto rephrase what one said as ~
「嫌きらいだ」と言いったが、「あまり好すきじゃない」と言いい直なおした。
I said 'I hate it,' but then rephrased it as 'I don't really like it.'

言いい換かえるN2
言い換える means to express the same idea in different words for clarity or style, while 言い直す specifically implies correcting or restating something said in error.
訂てい正せいN2
訂正する is a more formal term for correcting a statement, fact, or document, whereas 言い直す is used casually for immediately rephrasing spoken words.
やり直なおすN3
やり直す means to redo any action from scratch, while 言い直す is limited to redoing or correcting something one has said.

言いい返かえすN2
言い直す means to rephrase or restate something more clearly, while 言い返す means to retort or say words back, not to correct one's own phrasing.

Compound of 言い (continuative form of 言う, 'to say') + 直す ('to fix, redo').