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正直

しょうじき

honest, upright

Mnemonic

Pulling up exactly on the mark and an eye looking dead ahead, and neither of them goes round anything. Show しょう it straight, no jiggery じき. She gives you the answer you were hoping to avoid: しょうじき.

Worth knowing

正直に言うと is to be honest. It works as a character trait and as the adverb.

Built from

correct, right
止 a footprint with 一 a line drawn in front of it. Pulling up exactly on the mark rather than past it.
straight, fix
目 an eye with a line running straight down out of it. Looking at a thing dead on.

Words sharing these kanji

correct exactly, surely, truly true character, true form accurate, precise right answer, correct solution honest, straightforward directly to repair, to cure, to alter immediately after straight ahead, straightforward

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