立たち直なおり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

recovery; restoration; comeback

Refers to recovering from a setback, slump, or decline, often in economic, personal, or performance contexts. Implies getting back on one's feet or returning to a previous state.

景けい気きの立たち直なおりには時じ間かんがかかるだろう。
It will take time for the economy to recover.
彼かれの立たち直なおりは早はやかった。
His recovery was quick.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉からの立たち直なおりrecovery from (a setback, illness, defeat, etc.)
彼かれは失しつ恋れんからの立たち直なおりが早はやかった。
He recovered quickly from his heartbreak.
立たち直なおりが早はやい／遅おそいto be quick/slow to recover
景けい気きの立たち直なおりが遅おそい。
The economy is slow to recover.
立たち直なおりを見みせるto show signs of recovery
日本にほん経けい済ざいは立たち直なおりを見みせている。
The Japanese economy is showing signs of recovery.
立たち直なおりの兆きざしsigns/indications of recovery
ようやく立たち直なおりの兆きざしが見みえてきた。
Signs of recovery are finally starting to appear.

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
直straightaway, honesty, frankness

Related words

回かい復ふくN3
回復 is the general word for recovery (health, economy, etc.), while 立ち直り specifically emphasizes getting back on one's feet after a fall or setback.
再さい起きN1
再起 stresses rising again after a serious failure or ruin (e.g. bankruptcy, scandal), whereas 立ち直り covers milder setbacks and slumps too.
復ふっ活かつN1
復活 suggests a dramatic revival or comeback (careers, teams), while 立ち直り focuses on the process of steadying oneself after decline.

Opposites

低てい迷めいN1
低迷 means remaining stuck in a slump or stagnation, the opposite of 立ち直り which means climbing back out of one.

Don't confuse with

立たち上あがり
立ち上がり means the initial rise or start-up of something, while 立ち直り means recovering back to a previous good state after a decline; learners confuse them because both come from 立つ.

Etymology

Compound of 立ち (tachi, continuative form of 立つ 'to stand') + 直り (naori, continuative form of 直る 'to be fixed, to recover'). Literally 'standing up and being restored'.