Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 単刀直入(たんとうちょくにゅう) in Japanese

単刀直入, 短刀直入
Kana Reading
たんとうちょくにゅう
Romaji
tantōchokunyū
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    going right to the point; point-blank; without beating about the bush; frankness
    Example sentence
    僕は彼に単刀直入に尋ねたよ。 I asked him point-blank.

Examples of 単刀直入, 短刀直入, たんとうちょくにゅう in a sentence

Kanji in this word

刀 JLPT 1

2 strokes

sword, saber, knife

On'Yomi: トウ

Kun'Yomi: かたな, そり

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短 JLPT 4

12 strokes

short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point

On'Yomi: タン

Kun'Yomi: みじか.い

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単 JLPT 3

9 strokes

simple, one, single, merely

On'Yomi: タン

Kun'Yomi: ひとえ

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直 JLPT 3

8 strokes

straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair

On'Yomi: チョク, ジキ, ジカ

Kun'Yomi: ただ.ちに, なお.す, -なお.す, なお.る, なお.き, す.ぐ

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入 JLPT 5

2 strokes

enter, insert

On'Yomi: ニュウ, ジュ

Kun'Yomi: い.る, -い.る, -い.り, い.れる, -い.れ, はい.る

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