持ち直す

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
なお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 持つ (motsu, hold, have in the hand) + 直す (naosu, fix, revise, redo). In compound verbs, the first verb takes the continuative form or 連用形 (ren'yōkei), so motsu becomes mochi.

Verb

持ち直す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana もちなおす, rōmaji mochinaosu)

  1. recover, improve
  2. shift to another hand, improve one's grip

Conjugation

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