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    3. 直る

    直る

    直なおる​

    to get mended

    N4KMT6CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab9 strokes

    なおる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to get mended, to be repaired, to be fixed
    2.
    to return to normal, to recover (e.g. one's temper), to be restored, to improve, to rally, to come right
    3.
    to be corrected, to get put right, to be rectified
    4.
    to come right, to cure (itself), to get cured
    5.
    to sit properly
    6.
    to be promoted, to rise
    7.
    to have one's crimes forgiven

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    壊こわれた時と計けいが直なおった。

    The broken clock was fixed.

    KMT3Daily Life
    風か邪ぜが直なおって元げん気きになった。

    My cold got better and I became energetic.

    KMT5Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    パソコンの調ちょう子しが悪わるかったが、再さい起き動どうしたら直なおった。

    My computer was acting up, but it got fixed after I restarted it.

    KMT6TechnologyDaily Life
    医い者しゃのおかげで、病びょう気きが完かん全ぜんに直なおった。

    Thanks to the doctor, my illness was completely cured.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれの悪わるい癖くせはなかなか直おらない。

    His bad habit is quite difficult to correct.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    直
    ただ.ちに・なお.す・-なお.す・なお.る・なお.き・す.ぐ…(7)
    straightaway・honesty・frankness・fix・repair
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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