直る

Meanings

1. to get mended; to be repaired; to be fixed
2. to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be restored; to improve; to rally; to come right
3. to be corrected; to get put right; to be rectified
4. to come right; to cure (itself); to get cured
5. to sit properly

Part of speech: godan verb (る), intransitive

Kanji

• 直

  Meanings

  straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix

  On reading

  チョク、ジキ、ジカ

  Kun reading

  ただ.ちに、なお.す、-なお.す、なお.る、なお.き、す.ぐ

  Strokes

  8

Example sentences

• いったい、いつになったらそのケチは直るの？

  When will you ever loosen your purse strings?

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