直る|なおるnaoru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed
- godan verb, intransitive verbto return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be restored; to improve; to rally; to come right
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be corrected; to get put right; to be rectified
- godan verb, intransitive verbto come right; to cure (itself); to get cured
- godan verb, intransitive verbto sit properly
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be promoted; to rise
- godan verb, intransitive verbto have one's crimes forgiven
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 直る（なおる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 直ります（なおります） |
| Negative (nai) | 直らない（なおらない） |
| polite (masen) | 直りません（なおりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 直らず・直らぬ（なおらず・なおらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 直った（なおった） |
| polite (mashita) | 直りました（なおりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 直らなかった（なおらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 直りませんでした（なおりませんでした） |
| Te form | 直って（なおって） |
| Potential | 直れる（なおれる） |
| Passive | 直られる（なおられる） |
| Causative | 直らせる（なおらせる） |
| Causative passive | 直らせられる・直らされる（なおらせられる・なおらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 直れば（なおれば） |
| tara | 直ったら（なおったら） |
| Volitional | 直ろう（なおろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 直りましょう（なおりましょう） |
| Imperative | 直れ（なおれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
直る is intransitive: it describes the item itself becoming fixed, as in 壊れた時計が直る. 直す is transitive: it describes someone acting on the item, as in 職人が時計を直す.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Related治るなおるNeutralNeutral. When written 「治る」 it means recovering from illness or injury, as in 「風邪が治る」; fixing things or breaking habits is normally written 「直る」.
- Related癒えるいえるWrittenWritten/formal prose with a literary flavor: used for illness, injuries, or emotional wounds healing, as in 「傷が癒える」.
- Antonym壊れるこわれるNeutralNeutral antonym of 「直る」 in its fixing sense: it means to break or stop working, as in 「時計が壊れる」.
- Antonym悪化するWrittenWritten/formal prose, the opposite of 「直る」 in its improving sense: it means to worsen, as in 「病状が悪化する」.
Use 「直る」 for things getting fixed or mistakes being corrected. For recovering from illness or injury, write 「治る」 (literary 「癒える」); 「壊れる」 is the opposite for breaking, 「悪化する」 for worsening.
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Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
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