► 副詞
直ぐ [(1)すぐ] [coll] meaning: easy rank: 1
☆ 彼はすぐ怒る ⇨ He gets angry easily (☛ Prone to, typically undesirable actions, results)
☆ 彼女はちょっとしたことで直ぐに狂乱する ⇨ She easily flips out on little things (☛ Prone to, typically undesirable actions, results)
直ぐ [(1)すぐ] [coll] meaning: immediate rank: 1
☆ 今直ぐ行きます ⇨ I head out right now
☆ 結果は直ぐには分からない ⇨ The result won’t be known immediately
直に [(1)じかに] meaning: direct rank: 2
☆ それは私が彼女に直に手渡した ⇨ I handed it to her directly myself
☆ 自分で直に聞いた話 ⇨ A story I heard directly myself
直ちに [(1)ただちに] [liter] meaning: immediate rank: 2
☆ 直ちに参ります ⇨ I will report immediately
☆ 迎撃機が直ちに発進した ⇨ The interceptors immediately took off
直に [じきに] meaning: soon rank: 2
☆ 彼は直に戻ります ⇨ He will be back soon
直 [じき] meaning: soon rank: 3
☆ それは放っておけば直治る ⇨ It will cure itself soon if you just leave it
► 動詞
直す [(2)なおす] meaning: do again rank: 1
☆ もう一度最初からやり直そう ⇨ Let’s do it all over again from the beginning (☛ Follows 連用形 of another verb. Scrap the previous attempt and redo)
☆ 私は写真を撮り直した ⇨ I (scrapped the first takes and) retook the pictures (☛ Follows 連用形 of another verb. Scrap the previous attempt and redo)
☆ 考え直して貰えませんか？ ⇨ Could you reconsider? Could you change your mind? (☛ Follows 連用形 of another verb. Scrap the previous attempt and redo)
直す [(2)なおす] meaning: repair rank: 1
☆ なあ、機嫌直せよ ⇨ Hey, repair your mood, don’t be so angry
☆ 彼は車のエンジンを自分で直した ⇨ He repaired, fixed, the engine of the car himself
直る [(2)なおる] meaning: repair rank: 1
☆ 彼女の機嫌が直るにはしばらく掛かった ⇨ It took a while for her mood to improve (☛ 直る instead of 直る for inanimate things)
► 名詞
直 [(1)じか] meaning: direct rank: 2
☆ 社長に直談判した ⇨ I directly discussed, negotiated, with the CEO
► 接尾辞
直し [なおし] meaning: do again rank: 2
☆ 今から飲み直しに行こう ⇨ (☛ Follows 連用形 of another verb. Scrap the previous attempt and redo)
直し [なおし] [遣り直し] meaning: do again rank: 2
☆ 人生はやり直しが利かない ⇨ Life cannot be redone (☛ Follows 連用形 of another verb. Scrap the previous attempt and redo)
☆ 全て最初からやり直しだ ⇨ We have to do everything all over again (☛ Follows 連用形 of another verb. Scrap the previous attempt and redo)