直ちょく接せつ法ほう

noun

direct method (language teaching)

A language teaching approach that avoids translation and uses only the target language in the classroom.

• この学がっ校こうでは英えい語ごを直ちょく接せつ法ほうで教おしえている。

  This school teaches English using the direct method.

noun

direct method (crystallography)

A technique in crystallography for determining crystal structures directly from diffraction data.

• 直ちょく接せつ法ほうによって結けっ晶しょう構こう造ぞうが解かい析せきされた。

  The crystal structure was analyzed by the direct method.

noun

indicative mood

In grammar, the mood used for statements of fact. The cross-reference 直説法 is a more common term for this concept.

See also: 直説法

• 直ちょく接せつ法ほうは事じ実じつを述のべるときに使つかわれる法ほうです。

  The indicative mood is the mood used when stating facts.