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    3. 直す

    直す

    直なおす​

    to repair

    N4KMT10News #38+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    なおす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to repair, to mend, to fix, to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.), to put right, to restore, to straighten (e.g. a tie), to tidy up (one's hair, make-up, etc.), to revive (one's spirits)
    2.
    to change, to alter, to convert, to translate
    3.
    to put back, to put away
    4.
    to cure, to heal
    5.
    to move up, to promote
    dated term

    Suffix, Verb

    6.
    to do over again, to redo

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    壊こわれた時と計けいを直なおす。

    To fix a broken clock.

    KMT5Daily Life
    姿し勢せいを直なおすと、気き分ぶんもすっきりする。

    When you correct your posture, you feel refreshed.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの悪わるい癖くせを直なおそうと努ど力りょくしている。

    He is trying to correct his bad habits.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    医い者しゃが病びょう気きを直なおすために最さい善ぜんを尽つくした。

    The doctor did their best to cure the illness.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    この文ぶん章しょうは表ひょう現げんが曖あい昧まいなので、もっと明めい確かくに直なおす必ひつ要ようがある。

    This sentence's expression is ambiguous, so it needs to be corrected to be clearer.

    KMT10Daily LifeEducation

    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
    す
    su
    Kana
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