Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
なお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Transitive verb derived from (なお) (nao, straight; common, normal, ordinary) + transitive / causative suffixing element (su). Cognate with (なお) (naosu, to cure, to heal).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "直す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
直す [nàóꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 直せ [nàóꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 直される おされ [nàósáréꜜrù]
Causative 直させる おさせ [nàósáséꜜrù]
Potential 直せる おせ [nàóséꜜrù]
Volitional 直そう おそ [nàósóꜜò]
Negative 直さない おさない [nàósáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 直さなかった おさなかった [nàósáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 直します おしま [nàóshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 直した した [nàóꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 直して して [nàóꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 直せば せば [nàóꜜsèbà]

Verb edit

(なお) (naosuなほす (nafosu)?transitive godan (stem (なお) (naoshi), past (なお)した (naoshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 直す
mediopassive 直る
  1. to fix, to repair
    すぐ(なお)します
    Sugu naoshimasu.
    We will fix it immediately.
  2. to change, to alter
  3. to correct, to make proper
    Synonym: 修正する (shūsei suru)
  4. to redo something
    ()(なお)kakinaosu to rewrite
  5. (dialectal) to put back, to put away
    Synonym: 片付ける (katazukeru), しまう (shimau)

Conjugation edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN