JLPT N2 · な-adjective

率直 (sotchoku)

率直 (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

あなたの率直な意見が聞きたいのです。

I would like to hear your honest opinion.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 率直

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	率直だ	そっちょくだ sotchokuda
Present (polite)	率直です	そっちょくです sotchokudesu
Negative	率直じゃない	そっちょくじゃない sotchokujanai
Past	率直だった	そっちょくだった sotchokudatta
Negative past	率直じゃなかった	そっちょくじゃなかった sotchokujanakatta
Te-form	率直で	そっちょくで sotchokude
Before a noun	率直な	そっちょくな sotchokuna
Adverb (~ni)	率直に	そっちょくに sotchokuni

Kanji in 率直

率

ratio, rate, proportionソツ・リツ・ひき.いる · 11 strokes

直

straightaway, honesty, franknessチョク・ジキ・ただ.ちに・なお.す · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 率直.

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Source: JMdict entry 1596570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.