ちょく
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight
2. night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)
Kanji used
straight
Pitch accent
ちょ
Used in vocabulary (75 in total)
immediately following
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
direct control; direct supervision
straight line
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
simple honesty; tactless frankness
integrity; moral courage; rigidity
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
above; going steadily upward
night watch; night guard; night shift
frankness; impulsiveness
literal translation; direct translation
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
straight sword
series (e.g. electrical); serial
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
direct fire; frontal fire; direct rays (of sunlight)
out on a third-base liner
immediate ruling; immediate decision; deciding for oneself; direct ruling; direct judgement
straight hair
everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)
rigidity; uprightness
direct import; direct importation
direct current; DC
integrity; uprightness
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand
merits (of a case); right or wrong
direct (telephone) line; direct dialing
expensive; valuable
straight path (that people should take); straight road
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
right and wrong; right or wrong
shooting straight out; growing straight down
Jurchen people
night duty; night shift
direct product; Cartesian product
through train; direct service
direct method; indicative mood
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)
single-kana sound
lining out to second base
twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities
direct fuel injection
shift supervisor
immediate data
straight grain (wood)
direct link; direct linking
linear motor; linear induction motor
alternating current and direct current; AC/DC
directly distilled; straight
staticizer; serial-parallel converter
rectangular figures
a right circular cone