vocab dash
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直なおし
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Meanings
Noun
1. correction; rectification
2. mending; repair
Other spellings
なおし
Kanji used
直straight
Pitch accent
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なおし
Used in vocabulary
見み直なおし
review; reconsideration; revision
Noun
出で直なおし
starting from scratch; making a fresh start; redoing; calling again; visiting again
Noun
手て直なおし
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration; correction
Noun
立たて直なおし
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
Noun
世よ直なおし
world reformation
Noun
建たて直なおし
re-erection; rebuilding
Noun
取とり直なおし
rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)
Noun
色いろ直なおし
changing one's clothing (of a bride or groom during a wedding reception); redyeing (of clothes, etc.)
Noun
仕し切きり直なおし
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
Noun
口くち直なおし
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
Noun
化け粧しょう直なおし
adjusting one's makeup; renovation; remodeling; redecoration
Noun
下げ駄た直なおし
repairing clogs; clog repairer
Noun
Examples3
Now is the time I got to speak out.
How long will it take for alterations?
We'll have to organize the drinking party all over again as the section chief can't make it now.