間接|かんせつkansetsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectiveindirection; indirectness

• Related遠まわしとおまわしNeutralRefers to roundabout speech, as in 「遠回しに言う」. It covers only ways of expression, while 「間接」 also refers to things being separated by an intervening step.
• Antonym直接ちょくせつNeutralMeans direct; it contrasts with 「間接」, which has an intermediary in between.

Use 「間接」 when something works through an intermediate step or when speech is not direct, as in 「間接的な影響」. For roundabout, euphemistic wording say 「遠回し」; 「直接」 is its opposite.

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1. 間まに介在かいざいするものをおいて関与かんよすること。
2. 表現ひょうげんが遠回とおまわしなこと。