Illustration: Inside a Japanese house under renovation, a carpenter checks a newly installed post against a plumb bob suspended from the ceiling beam. The taut cord runs straight beside the post from top to bottom, meeting the level floor at a right angle.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

垂すい直ちょく

suichoku

vertical

Example sentences

ヘリコプターは垂直すいちょくに離陸りりくし、着陸ちゃくりくすることができる。
A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up and down.
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その崖がけはほとんど垂直すいちょくです。
The cliff is almost vertical.
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その柱はしらは垂直すいちょくになっていない。
That pole is off vertical.
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Kanji in 垂直

垂droop; suspendOnスイKunたれる・たらす・たれ
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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