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立て直す · godan verb (-su)

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

Pairs with立て直る

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

stand back up; put back upright

Physical sense: to set something that has fallen over back into an upright position.

風かぜで倒たおれた看かん板ばんを立たて直なおした。
I stood the fallen signboard back up.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

restore; revive; put back on its feet

Figurative use: to bring something back to a former good state, such as an organization, economy, or personal condition.

新あたらしい社しゃ長ちょうが会かい社しゃの経けい営えいを立たて直なおした。
The new president turned the company's management around.
政せい府ふは不ふ況きょうから経けい済ざいを立たて直なおそうとしている。
The government is trying to revive the economy from the recession.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

reformulate; revise; redo (a plan)

Used for reworking plans, policies, or systems from scratch, often implying a fundamental revision.

予よ算さん案あんを根こん本ぽんから立たて直なおす必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to reformulate the budget plan from the ground up.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を立たて直なおすto turn around or restore something (e.g. a company, economy)
新あたらしい社しゃ長ちょうが会かい社しゃを立たて直なおした。
The new president turned the company around.
体たい勢せいを立たて直なおすto regain one's balance or stance
転ころびそうになったが、すぐに体たい勢せいを立たて直なおした。
I almost fell but quickly regained my balance.
計けい画かくを立たて直なおすto rework or redo a plan
資し金きん不ぶ足そくのため、計けい画かくを立たて直なおす必ひつ要ようがある。
Because of the lack of funds, we need to rework the plan.
生せい活かつを立たて直なおすto get one's life back on track
借しゃっ金きんを整せい理りして生せい活かつを立たて直なおした。
He sorted out his debts and rebuilt his life.

Expressions

陣じんを立たて直なおすredeploy troops; reform ranks

Kanji

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

Transitive / intransitive

立たて直なおる
立て直る is the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to recover on its own', while 立て直す is the transitive verb meaning 'to restore something'.

Related words

再さい建けんN1sense 2
再建する is more formal and typically used for large-scale rebuilding of organizations or structures, while 立て直す can describe more everyday recoveries too.
修しゅう復ふくN1sense 2
修復する emphasizes repairing damage or restoring relations/systems, whereas 立て直す stresses bringing something back to a fully functioning, upright state.
見み直なおすN3sense 3
見直す means to reconsider or review something critically, while 立て直す implies actually reworking or fixing the plan after reconsideration.
改あらためるN2sense 3
改める is a more general term for revising or correcting, while 立て直す specifically suggests a thorough rebuilding from a failing state.
起おこすN4sense 1
起こす simply means to raise or set something upright, while 立て直す implies restoring it after it has fallen or gone wrong.

Opposites

倒たおすN3sense 1
倒す means to knock something down, the opposite action of 立て直す's sense of standing something back up.
潰つぶすN3sense 2
潰す means to ruin or destroy something (like a business), the opposite of reviving it as in 立て直す.

Don't confuse with

立たてるN3sense 1
立てる just means to set something upright or establish it, while 立て直す adds the nuance of restoring something that had fallen or failed.
直なおすN5sense 2
直す is a general word for fixing or repairing, while 立て直す specifically means rebuilding something back to a stable or functioning condition.
持もち直なおすN2
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.

Word family

立たて直なおし
revamping; reshaping; reorganizing
仕し立たて直なおし
alteration; remaking; re-tailoring

Built from

立たてる+直なおす

Written forms

立たて直なおすUsage88%
Standard kanji spelling with high priority.
立たてなおすUsage12%
Kana spelling used for clarity or in informal writing.
立たて直なおす
Less common variant; the okurigana 立て直す is strongly preferred.

Etymology

Compound of 立てる (tateru, 'to stand up') and 直す (naosu, 'to fix, correct'), literally 'to stand up and fix'. The combination yields the sense of restoring something to an upright or proper state.