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直言居士 (ちょくげんこじ) — straight shooter | Kumi Dictionary

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直言居士

直言居士

直ちょく言げん居こ士じ

straight shooter

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ちょくげんこじ

Noun

1.

straight shooter, frank person, person who tells it like it is

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Kanji that make up this word

ただ.ちに・なお.す・-なお.す・なお.る・なお.き・す.ぐ…(7)

straightaway・honesty・frankness・fix・repair

い.う・こと…(3)

い.る・-い・お.る…(5)

reside・to be・exist・live with

さむらい…(3)

gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)

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