直

Buddhism

one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of maintenance and groundskeeping)

Naoki Prize (literary award)

direct flight

Computing

serialization

Abbreviation

direct breastfeeding (as opposed to giving expressed breast milk)

Medicine

proctitis; rectitis

Astronomy

apparent diameter

Shinto

communal consumption of offerings after a ritual

to run at full speed; to run and run

to try one's hardest

to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

right in the midst of; right at the height of

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)

to rebuild; to reconstruct

to read (a book, etc.) over again

to knead again

to rework; to revise; to polish

to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset

direct relation

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

recovery; restoration

to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

frankly speaking

distance in a straight line; distance as the crow flies

to wash again

to reconsider