間かん接せつ

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

indirect; indirection

Describes something not direct, often used in compound terms like 間接的 (indirect) or 間接税 (indirect tax). Antonym: 直接 (direct).

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Use indirect expressions.

間かん接せつ税ぜいには消しょう費ひ税ぜいが含ふくまれる。

Indirect taxes include consumption tax.

〈事こと〉の間かん接せつ的てきな原げん因いんan indirect cause of something
事じ故この間かん接せつ的てきな原げん因いんはタイヤの劣れっ化かだった。
The indirect cause of the accident was the deterioration of the tires.
〈事こと〉を間かん接せつ的てきに知しるto learn about something indirectly (through someone or something else)
その話はなしは友ゆう人じんから間かん接せつ的てきに知しった。
I learned about that story indirectly, through a friend.

遠とお回まわしN1
遠回し specifically describes vague or roundabout speech to avoid being blunt, whereas 間接 is the broader, more formal term for anything not direct (cause, method, tax, etc.).

直ちょく接せつN4
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
直ちょくN1
間接 means 'indirect', the direct opposite of 直 in its 'direct, without an intermediary' sense.
じかにN2
間接 describes something happening through an intermediary, the opposite of 直に which means without any intermediary.

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直ちょっ結けつ
間接 describes an indirect link with something in between, the opposite of 直結's emphasis on a direct, unmediated connection.
直じきN1
間接 means 'indirect', the opposite of the 'direct' sense of 直 (じき) as in a direct relationship with no intermediary.

Compound of 間 (interval, between) and 接 (contact, connect), literally 'connecting through an interval', hence 'indirect'.

間かん接せつキス

indirect kiss

indirect referencing; indirection

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