やり直す・遣り直す|やりなおすyarinaosu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
やり直すやり直す is the most common and standard form; use it as the general written form and the default choice for learners.
遣り直す遣り直す is a rarely used kanji-and-kana variant of やり直す; you may encounter it, but it is not the usual choice.
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommenceなされたことはやり直せない。↗What is done cannot be undone.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | やり直す（やりなおす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | やり直します（やりなおします） |
| Negative (nai) | やり直さない（やりなおさない） |
| polite (masen) | やり直しません（やりなおしません） |
| classical zu / nu | やり直さず・やり直さぬ（やりなおさず・やりなおさぬ） |
| Past (ta) | やり直した（やりなおした） |
| polite (mashita) | やり直しました（やりなおしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | やり直さなかった（やりなおさなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | やり直しませんでした（やりなおしませんでした） |
| Te form | やり直して（やりなおして） |
| Potential | やり直せる（やりなおせる） |
| Passive | やり直される（やりなおされる） |
| Causative | やり直させる（やりなおさせる） |
| Causative passive | やり直させられる（やりなおさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | やり直せば（やりなおせば） |
| tara | やり直したら（やりなおしたら） |
| Volitional | やり直そう（やりなおそう） |
| polite (mashou) | やり直しましょう（やりなおしましょう） |
| Imperative | やり直せ（やりなおせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonymし直すしなおすNeutralAlso a verb for doing something over again, much like 「やり直す」, but used far less often; 「やり直す」 can also mean starting one's life over.
- Related繰り返すくりかえすNeutralRepeating the same thing over and over, as in 「失敗を繰り返す」; 「やり直す」 suggests scrapping it and starting over from scratch.
- Related再開さいかいWrittenWritten/formal prose for resuming something after it was stopped or interrupted, as in 「運転再開」; 「やり直す」 means starting over from the beginning.
- Related反復はんぷくWrittenWritten/formal prose for doing the same thing again and again, as in 「反復練習」; 「やり直す」 is about restarting from scratch rather than repetition.
- RelatedリピートCasualColloquial loanword for repeating or rerunning something, or being a repeat customer, as in 「リピート購入」; 「やり直す」 means starting over from scratch.
Use 「やり直す」 to do something over from the start or begin your life anew, as in 「人生をやり直す」「最初からやり直す」. For repeating something many times pick 「繰り返す」 or 「反復」, for resuming after an interruption 「再開」, and colloquially 「リピート」 for repeats or reruns.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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