direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
direct control; direct supervision
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
going straight on; going straight ahead
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
simple honesty; tactless frankness
integrity; moral courage; rigidity
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
above; going steadily upward
night watch; night guard; night shift
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
distance in a straight line
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
literal translation; direct translation
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
direct; in person; frankness; night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)
series (e.g. electrical); serial
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
direct fire; frontal fire; direct rays (of sunlight)
conscientious; scrupulous
out on a third-base liner
early post war period; immediately after the war
judge; judiciary; administration of justice; judicial authorities
impulsive and straightforward; guileless
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
farmers' market; farm shop
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
immediate ruling; immediate decision; deciding for oneself; direct ruling; direct judgement
everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)
prompt answer; direct personal answer
direct import; direct importation
tail fin; vertical tail; vertical tailplane
straight course; straight-way; a straight
direct selling; direct sales
making a direct connection
vertical take off and landing; VTOL
direct access; random access
rectus abdominis muscle; abdominal rectus muscle
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand
face-to-face talk; direct communication; direct dialogue; direct talk
merits (of a case); right or wrong
direct (telephone) line; direct dialing
straight path (that people should take); straight road
direct selling; direct sales
planetary alignment; syzygy
calling someone directly (by telephone); phone number
perpendicular line; vertical line
direct discussion; direct talks
direct claim to a local government
upright; vertical; perpendicular
honestly describing (i.e. without sentiment or conjecture)
simplicity; honesty; naivete
direct method; indicative mood
the rights and wrongs (of a case)
through train; direct train
direct examination; examination-in-chief
simple and plain; frank, direct and unambivalent; straightforward
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
immediate, direct response
simple, plain, and artless; clear, concise, and unaffected
right and wrong; right or wrong
rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)
shooting straight out; growing straight down
number line (e.g. on a graph); real number line
direct free kick (soccer)
direct product; Cartesian product
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
rigid (stereotypical) thinking that adheres to preconceived notions
direct disposal (of spent nuclear fuel)
through train; direct service
vertical integration; vertical merger
simple and plain; staightforward
deixis; indicator; pointer
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
personal; confidential (letter)
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)
direct talks; direct discussion; direct discussions
direct labor costs; direct labour costs
speak and write plainly (frankly); speak and write without reserve
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
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
Haplorhini (primate suborder)
linear motor; linear induction motor
writing palatalized sounds with a single kana character
direct colour (specification)
vertical synchronizing signal; VSYNC
alternating current and direct current; AC/DC
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; direct overseas investment
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
going unhesitatingly forward
Direct Access Storage Device; DASD
firm and upright (character)
Vertical Redundancy Check; VRC
direct memory access; DMA
chain movie theaters; chain movie theatres
dedicated line (e.g. phone service)
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