Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a resident discovers that a badly wilted potted plant has begun standing upright again. Its upper stems hold firm leaves and a newly opening flower, while several lower leaves still hang limp and brown. A shallow watering tray and loosened support ties remain beneath it.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

持もち直なおす

mochinaosu

to recover, to improve

Example sentences

東京証券取引所とうきょうしょうけんとりひきしょは後場ごばの終おわり値ねになって持もち直なおしました。
The Tokyo Stock Exchange rallied at the end of the day.
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その効果こうかもあったのか、元就もとなりの体調たいちょうは一時いちじは持もち直なおしたようだ。
That apparently did him some good as Motonari’s health recovered for a while.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
雨あめがやんで、客足きゃくあしが少すこし持もち直なおした。
After the rain stopped, customer traffic picked up a little.
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Kanji in 持直

持hold; haveOnジKunもつ・もてる
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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