立たて直なおす

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

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.

Kanji

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

Similar words

立たてる
立てる means 'to stand something up' or 'to set up'; 立て直す adds the nuance of doing it again or restoring a previous upright state.
直なおす
直す is a general verb for 'fix' or 'repair'; 立て直す specifically implies rebuilding or restoring something to a functional or upright condition.
再さい建けん
再建 is a noun meaning 'rebuilding' or 'reconstruction', often used for physical structures or organizations; 立て直す is the verbal action of restoring or reviving.

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.