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JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

考かんがえ直なおす

kangaenaosu

to reconsider, to rethink

Example sentences

  1. 考かんがえ直なおしてください。

    Please think it over.

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  2. トムに電話でんわをかけるつもりだったが、考かんがえ直なおした。

    I was going to call Tom, but thought better of it.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 考かんがえ直なおして、旅行りょこうに付ついて行いくのはやめることにした。

    I changed my mind and decided not to go on a trip after all.

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Kanji in 考直

  • 考consider; think overOnコウKunかんがえる・かんがえ
  • 直fix; repairOnチョク・ジキ・ジカKunただちに・なおす・なおる

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