直る
なおる
to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed; to return to normal
JLPT N4 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive
to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed- to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be restored; to improve; to rally; to come right
- to be corrected; to get put right; to be rectified
- to come right; to cure (itself); to get cured
- to sit properly
All 7 meanings
- to be promoted; to rise
- to have one's crimes forgiven
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 直るなおる | 直りますなおります |
| Negative | 直らないなおらない | 直りませんなおりません |
| Past | 直ったなおった | 直りましたなおりました |
| Past negative | 直らなかったなおらなかった | 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 |
| Volitional | 直ろうなおろう |
| Imperative | 直れなおれ |
| Conditional (ば) | 直ればなおれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 直ったらなおったら |
Example sentences
頭痛が直った。
My headache has gone.
簡単に直ったよ。
It was easy to fix.
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He was cured of his bad habits.
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I cannot say for certain that the patient will recover.
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Sports cured him of his inferiority complex.
More examples (4)
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When will you ever loosen your purse strings?
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You had better take this medicine if you want to get well.
ブルースは、ガールフレンドが彼のもとを去ったとき、非常に動揺したが直にたち直った。
Bruce was terribly upset when his girlfriend left him, but he soon got over it.
「直る見込みは？」「システム開発チームのシュバイシェン博士が現在闘病中のため、もう暫くはかかるかと・・・」
"Prospects for repair?" "Prof. Shubaishen, the leader of the system development team, is presently unwell so we think it will take a while longer ..."