やり直なおす

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

やり直す · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

do over; redo; start again

Broadly used for repeating an action from the beginning, remaking something, or resuming a process after a failure or interruption.

〈事こと〉をやり直なおすto redo/start something over
計けい画かくを最さい初しょからやり直なおすことにした。
We decided to start the plan over from the beginning.
〈人ひと〉とやり直なおすto try to make a fresh start with someone, such as in a relationship
彼かの女じょともう一いち度どやり直なおすつもりだ。
I intend to try to make things work with her again.
〈場ば所しょ〉からやり直なおすto start over from a certain point
失しっ敗ぱいした箇か所しょからやり直なおした。
I redid it starting from the part where I made the mistake.

出で直なおすN1
出直す means to go back and start fresh, often after a setback, while やり直す more broadly means to redo or repeat an action to improve or fix it.
繰くり返かえすN3
繰り返す means to repeat an action, often cyclically, whereas やり直す emphasizes going back to the beginning to redo something after a failure.
再さい開かいN2
再開する is a formal word for resuming an interrupted activity, while やり直す implies starting over completely rather than just continuing.
言いい直なおす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.

やり直なおすUsage85%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
やりなおすUsage15%
遣やり直なおすUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the 遣 kanji is uncommon in modern writing.

Compound of やり (continuative form of やる 'to do') + 直す (なおす 'to fix, correct, redo'). The combination yields the meaning 'to do again, to redo'.