I Love Kanji卒直 (sotchoku)
卒直 (そっちょく, sotchoku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “frank; candid”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そっちょく
- Romaji
- sotchoku
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 卒直
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 卒直だ | そっちょくだ sotchokuda |
| Present (polite) | 卒直です | そっちょくです sotchokudesu |
| Negative | 卒直じゃない | そっちょくじゃない sotchokujanai |
| Past | 卒直だった | そっちょくだった sotchokudatta |
| Negative past | 卒直じゃなかった | そっちょくじゃなかった sotchokujanakatta |
| Te-form | 卒直で | そっちょくで sotchokude |
| Before a noun | 卒直な | そっちょくな sotchokuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 卒直に | そっちょくに sotchokuni |
Kanji in 卒直
卒
graduate, soldier, privateソツ・シュツ・そっ.する・お.える · 8 strokes直
straightaway, honesty, franknessチョク・ジキ・ただ.ちに・なお.す · 8 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 卒直.
卒業そつぎょうgraduation直るなおるto get mended直すなおすto repair直じきsoon直にじかにdirectly正直しょうじきhonest直接ちょくせつdirect直ちにただちにat once垂直すいちょくvertical素直すなおobedient率直そっちょくfrank直後ちょくごimmediately following直線ちょくせんstraight line直前ちょくぜんjust before
Source: JMdict entry 1596570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.