Conjugation
Tap for 直す (fix)
Tap for 直る (recover)
- 直ちに — immediately
- 正直 — honesty
- 直線 — straight line
- 直通 — direct connection
- 直す — to fix, repair
- 直面 — confrontation, directly facing
More examples - tap to expand
- 直火 — open flame
- 直筆 — one’s own handwriting
- 直撃 — direct hit
- 直訳 — literal translation
- 直径 — diameter
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 見直す — to reconsider; to review
- やり直す — to redo; to try again
- 考え直す — to rethink
- 出直す — to come back again; to start over
The kanji 直 combines 目 (eye) and 十 (ten) and originally suggested the idea of seeing directly or clearly. From this, meanings like “straight,” “honest,” and “immediate” emerged.
