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直に

じかに

directly, in person

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Examples

  1. 直に話を聞いた。

    じかにはなしをきいた。

    I heard the story directly.

  2. 社長に直に会って伝えたほうがいい。

    しゃちょうにじかにあってつたえたほうがいい。

    You had better meet the president in person and tell him yourself.

  3. 床に直に座ると冷えるので、座布団を敷いてください。

    ゆかにじかにすわるとひえるので、ざぶとんをしいてください。

    Sitting straight on the floor is chilly, so please put a cushion down.

Common patterns

直に会う
to meet face to face
直に聞く
to hear it firsthand
直に触れる
to touch with nothing in between

Memory tip

Two senses: person to person with no go-between, and physical contact with nothing in between. Watch the reading — the same 直に read すぐに or ただちに means "immediately" instead.

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