Illustration: In a small neighborhood restaurant's kitchen, a manager is getting an overwhelmed lunch service functioning again. A neglected pile of dirty bowls is being cleared by one worker, another now portions noodles, and the manager guides a flustered newcomer into assembling trays.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

立たて直なおす

tatenaosu

to restore, to rebuild

Example sentences

  1. 会社かいしゃを立たて直なおすために新あたらしい指導者しどうしゃが必要ひつようだ。

    We need a new leader to pull our company together.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ぐちゃぐちゃな生活せいかつを立たて直なおしたい。

    I want to reform my messed up life.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 馬子まごは軍ぐんを立たて直なおして進軍しんぐんさせた。

    Umako reorganized his army and marched the troops into battle.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 立直

  • 立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる
  • 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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