- 正直【しょうじき】 - honest, frank, candid, straightforward, honestly, frankly 
- 直接【ちょくせつ】 - direct, immediate, personal, firsthand 
- 直す【なおす】 - to repair, to mend, to fix, to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.), to put right, to restore, to straighten (e.g. a tie), to tidy up (one's hair, make-up, etc.), to revive (one's spirits), to change, to alter, to convert, to translate, to put back, to put away, to cure, to heal, to move up, to promote, to do over again, to redo 
- 素直【すなお】 - obedient, meek, docile, unaffected, honest, frank, upfront (about one's feelings), straight (e.g. hair), without peculiarity, without mannerisms, standard, neat (e.g. handwriting) 
- やり直す【やりなおす】 - to do over again, to redo, to start over, to remake, to resume, to recommence 
- 直前【ちょくぜん】 - just before, just prior to, right in front of, just in front of 
- 直後【ちょくご】 - immediately following 
- 仲直り【なかなおり】 - reconciliation, making up (with), making peace (with), being friends again, patching up a quarrel 
- 直る【なおる】 - 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, to be promoted, to rise, to have one's crimes forgiven 
- 直ちに【ただちに】 - at once, immediately, right away, without delay, directly (face, lead to, etc.), automatically (mean, result in, etc.) 
- 見直す【みなおす】 - to look at again, to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.), to review, to get a better opinion of, to see in a more positive light, to improve, to recover (market, illness, etc.) 
- 率直【そっちょく】 - frank, candid, straightforward, openhearted, direct, outspoken 
- 直感【ちょっかん】 - intuition, instinct, hunch 
- 考え直す【かんがえなおす】 - to reconsider, to rethink, to reassess 
- やり直し【やりなおし】 - redoing 
- 直面【ちょくめん】 - confrontation, to face, to confront, to encounter 
- 立ち直る【たちなおる】 - to regain one's footing, to get back on one's feet, to recover, (of the market) to improve 
- 直面【ひためん】 - performing without a mask (noh) 
- 直撃【ちょくげき】 - direct hit 
- 出直す【でなおす】 - to make a fresh start, to turn over a new leaf, to call again, to visit again, to come again