direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
direct control; direct supervision
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
going straight on; going straight ahead
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
simple honesty; tactless frankness
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
upright; incorruptible; morally courageous; erect penis
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
above; going steadily upward
distance in a straight line; distance as the crow flies
night watch; night guard; night shift
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
impulsive; emotional; straightforward; hot-headed; quick-tempered
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid; rectangular prism
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
literal translation; direct translation
close escort; close protection
direct; honest; frank; easygoing; lighthearted; night duty
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
direct fire; frontal fire; direct rays (of sunlight)
straightforward; blunt; outspoken; clear-cut
direct escort; direct cover; combat air patrol; CAP
series (e.g. electrical); serial
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
conscientious; scrupulous
early post war period; immediately after the war
impulsive and straightforward; guileless
out on a third-base liner
judge; judiciary; administration of justice; judicial authorities
farmers' market; farm shop
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
prompt answer; immediate reply; direct answer; personal response; answering in person
entering directly; going straight into
everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)
immediate ruling; immediate decision; deciding for oneself; direct ruling; direct judgement
direct import; direct importation
making a direct connection
straight course; straight; stretch; straightaway
tail fin; vertical tail; vertical tailplane
direct selling; direct sales
vertical take off and landing; VTOL
direct access; random access
straight-line stability (of a vehicle); directional stability; straight-line propagation (e.g. of light or sound); straightness
face-to-face talk; direct communication; direct dialogue; direct talk
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from someone at first hand
direct (telephone) line; direct dialing
merits (of a case); right or wrong
direct discussion; direct talks
upright; vertical; perpendicular
planetary alignment; syzygy
straight path (that people should take); straight road
direct death; death directly caused by an accident, disease, etc.
perpendicular line; vertical line
direct selling; direct sales
direct cremation; immediate cremation; cremation and burial without a funeral service
calling someone directly (by telephone); phone number
direct claim to a local government
direct method (of teaching foreign languages); natural method; direct method (crystallography); indicative mood
direct examination; examination-in-chief
honestly describing (i.e. without sentiment or conjecture)
simplicity; honesty; naivete
the rights and wrongs (of a case)
direct speech; direct quotation
number line (e.g. on a graph); real number line
through train; direct train
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
immediate, direct response
simple and plain; frank, direct and unambivalent; straightforward
rigid (stereotypical) thinking that adheres to preconceived notions; vertical thinking; linear thinking
simple, plain, and artless; clear, concise, and unaffected
right and wrong; right or wrong
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
shooting straight out; growing straight down
vertical integration; vertical merger
direct free kick (soccer)
plain and simple; straightforward
direct product; Cartesian product
rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)
direct sowing; direct seeding; direct planting
direct disposal (of spent nuclear fuel)
through train; direct service
VSync; vertical synchronization; vertical synchronization
direct-current power transmission
acting on impulse; doing impulsively; doing instinctively
writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke); frank writing; writing the bare facts
direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)
organizational inertia; organisational inertia
straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is
direct division (i.e. amitosis)
lining out to second base
literal style (of translation); metaphrastic style
twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities
direct link (between web pages)
vertical transmission; vertical infection
Zhili-Fengtian Wars (of China; 1922-1924)
through traffic; straight-travelling vehicle
series winding; pre-applied seaweed wrapping
going unhesitatingly forward
personal; confidential (letter)
direct talks; direct discussion; direct discussions
direct labor costs; direct labour costs
speak and write plainly (frankly); speak and write without reserve
direct air capture (of greenhouse gases)
vertical international specialization (specialisation)
perpendicular distribution; vertical distribution
linear interpolation; straight-line interpolation
previous specified element
direct percentage function
perpendicular magnetic recording; vertical magnetic recording
direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)
direct link; direct linking
orthorhombic crystal system
rectouterine pouch; pouch of Douglas
Haplorhini (primate suborder)
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
linear motor; linear induction motor
writing palatalized sounds with a single kana character
direct breastfeeding (as opposed to giving expressed breast milk)
direct colour (specification)
foreign direct investment; FDI
alternating current and direct current; AC/DC
vertical synchronizing signal; VSYNC
reading (Chinese) without syntactical rearrangement into Japanese
direct-reading balance; direct-reading scales
Direct Memory Access; DMA
analytical balance; direct reading balance
dedicated line (e.g. phone service)
high speed serial interface
linear polarization; linearly polarized light
direct principal offender; direct perpetrator; principal offender in the first degree
directly distilled; straight
direct cause; proximate cause
foreign direct investment; FDI
staticizer; serial-parallel converter
serializer; parallel-serial converter; dynamicizer
VRC; Vertical Redundancy Check
direct fuel-injection engine
direct-injection diesel engine
straight-chain; open-chain; acyclic; linear
linear scale; machine scale; rule; measure
direct access storage device; DASD
firm and upright (character)
Vertical Redundancy Check; VRC
direct memory access; DMA
dedicated line (e.g. phone service)
chain movie theaters; chain movie theatres
vertical evacuation (e.g. in a building during a tsunami)
calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body
puborectalis; puborectal muscle