直なおる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be fixed; be repaired; get mended

Intransitive: the broken thing is the subject with が. Use 直す for someone fixing it.

• 壊こわれていた時計とけいがやっと直なおった。

  The broken clock was finally fixed.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

return to normal; recover; improve

Used when a state, condition, mood, or performance comes back to a normal or better state, as in 機嫌が直る or 調子が直る.

• 少すこし休やすんだら機き嫌げんが直なおった。

  After resting a little, his mood improved.

• 再さい起き動どうしたらパソコンの調ちょう子しが直なおった。

  After restarting it, the computer returned to normal.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be corrected; be put right; be rectified

Used for mistakes, wording, defects, or wrong points becoming corrected. The thing corrected is the subject, not the object.

• 指し摘てきした誤ご字じはもう直なおっている。

  The typo I pointed out has already been corrected.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be cured; get over; come right

Applies to a problem, flaw, or habit disappearing or being cured. For illness or injury, the homophonous spelling 治る is often the standard modern choice.

• 悪わるい癖くせが直なおるまで時じ間かんがかかった。

  It took time for the bad habit to go away.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

sit properly

Rare or old-fashioned limited use meaning to sit or place oneself properly. Modern Japanese more commonly says 姿勢を正す or 座り直す depending on the situation.

• 古ふるいしつけの言いい方かたで「ちゃんと直なおりなさい」は、姿し勢せいを正ただして座すわりなさいという意い味みになる。

  In an old-fashioned disciplinary expression, ちゃんと直りなさい means to sit up properly.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be promoted; rise in rank

Archaic or highly limited use for a person's rank or position rising; not the normal modern verb for promotion.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうで「位くらいが直なおる」とあれば、位くらいが上あがることを指さす場ば合あいがある。

  In older writing, 位が直る can refer to one's rank being raised.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

have one's crimes forgiven

Archaic limited use referring to guilt or crimes being pardoned or forgiven; it is not a common modern standalone use.

• 「罪つみが直なおる」は、古ふるい用よう法ほうでは罪つみが許ゆるされることを表あらわす。

  In older usage, 罪が直る means that one's crime or guilt is forgiven.