Kanji: 直

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	目 Radical name: めへん
Meaning:	Straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 250 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	直(なお)す	to fix, to repair
N4	直(なお)る	to be fixed, to be repaired
N3	直(じか)に	immediately, readily, directly
N3	直(じき)	earnestly, immediately, exactly
N3	正直(しょうじき)	honesty, integrity, frankness
N3	直(ただ)ちに	at once, immediately, directly, in person
N3	直接(ちょくせつ)	direct, immediate, personal, firsthand
N3	真(ま)っ直(す)ぐ	straight (ahead), direct, upright
N2	垂直(すいちょく)	vertical, perpendicular
N2	素直(すなお)	obedient, meek, docile, unaffected
N2	卒直(そっちょく)	frankness, candour, openheartedness
N2	直後(ちょくご)	immediately following
N2	直線(ちょくせん)	straight line
N2	直前(ちょくぜん)	just before
N2	直通(ちょくつう)	direct communication
N2	直流(ちょくりゅう)	direct current
N2	直角(ちょっかく)	right angle
N2	直径(ちょっけい)	diameter
N2	仲直(なかなお)り	reconciliation, make peace with
N2	見直(みなお)す	to look again, to get a better opinion of
N1	直(す)ぐ	immediately, soon, easily, right (near), honest, upright
N1	率直(そっちょく)	frankness, candour, openheartedness
N1	直面(ちょくめん)	confrontation
N1	直感(ちょっかん)	intuition
N1	出直(でなお)し	adjustment, touch up