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持ち直す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	持もち直なおす	持もち直なおさない
Polite	持もち直なおします	持もち直なおしません
Past polite	持もち直なおしました	持もち直なおしませんでした
Past	持もち直なおした	持もち直なおさなかった
Te-form	持もち直なおして	持もち直なおさないで
Desire	持もち直なおしたい	持もち直なおしたくない
Potential	持もち直なおせる	持もち直なおせない
Passive	持もち直なおされる	持もち直なおされない
Causative	持もち直なおさせる	持もち直なおさせない
Causative passive	持もち直なおさせられる	持もち直なおさせられない
Volitional	持もち直なおそう
Polite volitional	持もち直なおしましょう
Imperative	持もち直なおせ	持もち直なおすな
Conditional	持もち直なおせば	持もち直なおさなければ
Tara conditional	持もち直なおしたら	持もち直なおさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

recover; rally; improve; pick up

Intransitive: describes a situation, condition, or performance that gets better after a decline. Common with economy, health, weather, and mood.

景けい気きが少すこしずつ持もち直なおしてきた。
The economy has been gradually recovering.
彼かれの体たい調ちょうは持もち直なおしたようだ。
His physical condition seems to have improved.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

change one's grip; shift to the other hand; carry differently

Transitive: physically regrip or move an object from one hand to the other, or adjust how one carries something.

重おもい荷に物もつを持もち直なおして、左ひだり手てに替かえた。
I shifted the heavy bag to my left hand.
ラケットを持もち直なおしてサーブを打うった。
I changed my grip on the racket and served.

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Usage patterns

景けい気きが持もち直なおすthe economy picks up/recovers
景けい気きが少すこしずつ持もち直なおしてきた。
The economy has been gradually picking up.
〈物もの〉を持もち直なおすto shift one's grip on an object
重おもい荷に物もつを持もち直なおして歩あるき続つづけた。
I shifted my grip on the heavy bag and kept walking.
体たい調ちょうが持もち直なおすone's physical condition improves
祖そ父ふの体たい調ちょうがようやく持もち直なおした。
My grandfather's health has finally improved.
天てん気きが持もち直なおすthe weather clears up/improves
午ご後ごには天てん気きが持もち直なおすでしょう。
The weather should improve by the afternoon.

Kanji

持hold, have
直straightaway, honesty, frankness

Transitive / intransitive

持ち直す is used both intransitively, as in 景気が持ち直す (the economy recovers), and transitively, as in 荷物を持ち直す (to shift one's grip on the luggage).

Related words

回かい復ふくN3sense 1
回復する is a more formal, general word for recovery (health, economy, etc.), while 持ち直す is slightly more casual and stresses a rebound from a temporary dip.
持もち替かえる sense 2
持ち替える specifically means to switch an object to the other hand, while 持ち直す can also mean simply adjusting one's grip on the same hand.
見み直なおすN3
持ち直す is the standard modern verb for a market, business, or illness recovering, whereas the intransitive recovery sense of 見直す is much rarer in everyday speech.
立たち直なおるN1
持ち直す is used for things (health, weather, markets) leveling off and improving, whereas 立ち直る emphasizes a fuller return to one's previous good state, often after emotional or physical collapse.

Opposites

悪あっ化かN2sense 1
悪化する means a condition worsens, the opposite of 持ち直す meaning a condition improves after a decline.

Don't confuse with

立たて直なおすN2sense 1
立て直す is transitive and means someone actively rebuilds or reorganizes something (e.g. a company), whereas 持ち直す (intransitive) means the situation itself improves on its own.

Built from

持もつ+直なおす

Written forms

持もち直なおすUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
持もちなおすUsage9%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kana variant.
もちなおすUsage2%
持もち直なおすUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not commonly used.

Etymology

Compound of 持ち (continuative form of 持つ 'to hold') + 直す ('to fix, redo'). Literally 'to re-hold', extended to mean recovering a state or adjusting one's grip.