直る
なおる · naoru
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
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 直りますなおります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 直りませんなおりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 直りましたなおりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 直りませんでしたなおりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 直りましょうなおりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 直りなおり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 直りたいなおりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 直りながらなおりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 直ってなおって |
| Plain past (た形) | 直ったなおった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 直ったらなおったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 直っているなおっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 直らないなおらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 直らなかったなおらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 直らなくてなおらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 直れるなおれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 直ればなおれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 直れなおれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 直ろうなおろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 直られるなおられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 直らせるなおらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 直らされるなおらされる |
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What does 直る mean?
To get mended, to be repaired, to be fixed. It can also mean: 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.
How do you pronounce 直る?
なおる (naoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 直る?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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