Kanji1 / 8
直 kanji
straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
チョクジキジカ
Kun readings
ただちになおす-なおすなおるなおきすぐ
Words with 直
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —直行Populargoing straight (to); going direct; going without stopping; unwavering action; decisive action; upright conduct
- —直視Populartaking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
- —直進Populargoing straight on; going straight ahead
- —直属Populardirect control; direct supervision
- —直列Popularseries (e.g. electrical); serial
- —直球Popularstraight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
- —当直Popularbeing on duty; being on watch; person on duty
- —一直線Popularstraight line
- —直接税Populardirect tax
- —直接的Populardirect
- —直行便Popularnon-stop flight; direct flight
- —直接選挙Populardirect election
- —直観Popularintuition; instinct; hunch
- —安直simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
- —一直lining out to first base
- —鉛直upright; vertical; perpendicular
- —曲直merits (of a case); right or wrong
- —愚直simple honesty; tactless frankness
- —剛直integrity; moral courage; rigidity
- —三直out on a third-base liner