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Grammar detail: verb stem + 直す（なおす）

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JLPT:
verb stem + 直す（なおす） - to redo (something), to (do something again)
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verb stem
+
直す
means
to redo (something); to do (something) again
This form can be used to indicate a simple repetition of an action, but it also often suggests that something is being repeated in order to revise or improve it.
DETAILS
この
げんこう
原稿
は
か
書
き
なお
直
したほうがいいな。
I'd better rewrite this paper.
DETAILS
とうあん
答案
を
ていしゅつ
提出
する
まえ
前
にもう
いちど
一度
よ
読
み
なお
直
しなさい。
Read your paper over again before you hand it in.
直す can be written in kanji, but it is increasingly common to see in kana.
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See also:
  • verb stem - base part of a verb
  • verb stem 終わる - to finish, to end
  • verb stem + はじめる - begin to do
  • verb stem 続ける - to continue (doing something)

Kanji used in this grammar

直
チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   ただちに immediately   なおす to correct   なおる to be cured   
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原
ゲン   はら meadow   
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3
稿
コウ    manuscript, draft   
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5
書
ショ   かく to write   
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1
答
トウ   こたえ an answer   こたえる to answer   
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2
案
アン    plan   
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5
提
テイ    submit   さげる propose, take along, carry in hand   
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5
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
1
前
ゼン   まえ before   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
1
度
ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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2
読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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